Michigan vs Minnesota
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Michigan comes out ahead on 7 of them and Minnesota on 8, 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.
MeasureMichiganMinnesota
Home price$269,972$356,887
Rent paid$1,117$1,272
Cost of living90.194.6
Income$72,389$87,117
Property tax1.19%1.00%
Income tax4.25%9.85%
Sales tax6.00%8.14%
Electric bill$131$119
Temperature48.9°F45.6°F
Snowfall47.5 in30.7 in
Precipitation30.4 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.915.7
Bachelor's or higher33.3%40.0%
Crime rate434257
Commute24.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.0%4.4%
Population change+0.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk39.857.4
Flood risk84.679.3
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.