Louisiana vs Washington
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 10 of them and Washington on 5, 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.
MeasureLouisianaWashington
Home price$217,968$603,303
Rent paid$1,056$1,712
Cost of living92.3114.1
Income$60,986$99,389
Property tax0.55%0.75%
Income tax3.00%0.00%
Sales tax10.13%9.57%
Electric bill$157$130
Temperature69.3°F50°F
Snowfall0.8 in5.4 in
Precipitation54.0 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.918.3
Bachelor's or higher27.8%41.0%
Crime rate520326
Commute26.2 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.4%5.2%
Population change-0.9%+3.8%
Wildfire risk48.074.2
Flood risk80.191.4
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.