Louisiana vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming 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.
MeasureLouisianaWyoming
Home price$217,968$372,526
Rent paid$1,056$1,010
Cost of living92.393.7
Income$60,986$75,532
Property tax0.55%0.53%
Income tax3.00%0.00%
Sales tax10.13%5.39%
Electric bill$157$115
Temperature69.3°F45.1°F
Snowfall0.8 in44.9 in
Precipitation54.0 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.912.5
Bachelor's or higher27.8%32.3%
Crime rate520203
Commute26.2 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.2%
Population change-0.9%+2.1%
Wildfire risk48.086.6
Flood risk80.154.1
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.