Louisiana vs Texas
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 8 of them and Texas 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.
MeasureLouisianaTexas
Home price$217,968$302,999
Rent paid$1,056$1,386
Cost of living92.392.1
Income$60,986$79,721
Property tax0.55%1.40%
Income tax3.00%0.00%
Sales tax10.13%8.20%
Electric bill$157$174
Temperature69.3°F69.7°F
Snowfall0.8 in1.0 in
Precipitation54.0 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.915.1
Bachelor's or higher27.8%35.2%
Crime rate520389
Commute26.2 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change-0.9%+8.8%
Wildfire risk48.083.5
Flood risk80.189.2
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.