Michigan vs New York
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 York 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 York
Home price$269,972$525,947
Rent paid$1,117$1,671
Cost of living90.1125.1
Income$72,389$85,820
Property tax1.19%1.30%
Income tax4.25%10.90%
Sales tax6.00%8.54%
Electric bill$131$164
Temperature48.9°F52.4°F
Snowfall47.5 in39.2 in
Precipitation30.4 in37.2 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.911.6
Bachelor's or higher33.3%41.2%
Crime rate434380
Commute24.3 min33.2 min
Unemployment5.0%4.6%
Population change+0.5%-1.0%
Wildfire risk39.834.8
Flood risk84.694.6
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.