Louisiana vs North Dakota
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 4 of them and North Dakota on 11, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureLouisianaNorth Dakota
Home price$217,968$293,556
Rent paid$1,056$931
Cost of living92.391.4
Income$60,986$77,871
Property tax0.55%0.92%
Income tax3.00%2.50%
Sales tax10.13%7.09%
Electric bill$157$133
Temperature69.3°F42.4°F
Snowfall0.8 in23.0 in
Precipitation54.0 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.911.7
Bachelor's or higher27.8%34.0%
Crime rate520254
Commute26.2 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.4%2.3%
Population change-0.9%+2.6%
Wildfire risk48.065.1
Flood risk80.149.2
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.