Louisiana vs Pennsylvania
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 9 of them and Pennsylvania on 6, 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.
MeasureLouisianaPennsylvania
Home price$217,968$294,099
Rent paid$1,056$1,224
Cost of living92.397.2
Income$60,986$77,545
Property tax0.55%1.26%
Income tax3.00%3.07%
Sales tax10.13%6.34%
Electric bill$157$173
Temperature69.3°F52°F
Snowfall0.8 in21.7 in
Precipitation54.0 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.913.5
Bachelor's or higher27.8%36.4%
Crime rate520246
Commute26.2 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.4%4.1%
Population change-0.9%+0.4%
Wildfire risk48.038.7
Flood risk80.192.3
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.