Michigan vs Nevada
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 9 of them and Nevada 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.
MeasureMichiganNevada
Home price$269,972$448,215
Rent paid$1,117$1,580
Cost of living90.1100.2
Income$72,389$81,134
Property tax1.19%0.50%
Income tax4.25%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%8.24%
Electric bill$131$117
Temperature48.9°F62.8°F
Snowfall47.5 in1.7 in
Precipitation30.4 in8.6 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.920.0
Bachelor's or higher33.3%28.5%
Crime rate434402
Commute24.3 min25.7 min
Unemployment5.0%5.1%
Population change+0.5%+5.7%
Wildfire risk39.898.1
Flood risk84.693.9
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.