Michigan vs New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire 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.
MeasureMichiganNew Hampshire
Home price$269,972$522,944
Rent paid$1,117$1,488
Cost of living90.1111.4
Income$72,389$99,782
Property tax1.19%1.50%
Income tax4.25%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$131$168
Temperature48.9°F46.7°F
Snowfall47.5 in50.6 in
Precipitation30.4 in40.2 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.911.4
Bachelor's or higher33.3%41.5%
Crime rate434110
Commute24.3 min27.5 min
Unemployment5.0%2.9%
Population change+0.5%+2.7%
Wildfire risk39.845.2
Flood risk84.685.5
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.