Louisiana vs Tennessee
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 7 of them and Tennessee on 7, 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.
MeasureLouisianaTennessee
Home price$217,968$338,769
Rent paid$1,056$1,171
Cost of living92.390.3
Income$60,986$71,997
Property tax0.55%0.52%
Income tax3.00%0.00%
Sales tax10.13%9.61%
Electric bill$157$163
Temperature69.3°F60.1°F
Snowfall0.8 in4.8 in
Precipitation54.0 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher27.8%32.4%
Crime rate520592
Commute26.2 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.4%3.5%
Population change-0.9%+5.8%
Wildfire risk48.048.1
Flood risk80.176.4
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.