Michigan vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina on 7, 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.
MeasureMichiganNorth Carolina
Home price$269,972$340,430
Rent paid$1,117$1,215
Cost of living90.197.8
Income$72,389$73,958
Property tax1.19%0.66%
Income tax4.25%3.99%
Sales tax6.00%7.10%
Electric bill$131$151
Temperature48.9°F60.3°F
Snowfall47.5 in2.3 in
Precipitation30.4 in42.5 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.916.4
Bachelor's or higher33.3%37.1%
Crime rate434376
Commute24.3 min25.7 min
Unemployment5.0%3.6%
Population change+0.5%+7.2%
Wildfire risk39.853.8
Flood risk84.684.6
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.