Michigan vs North Dakota
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 6 of them and North Dakota on 9, 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 Dakota
Home price$269,972$293,556
Rent paid$1,117$931
Cost of living90.191.4
Income$72,389$77,871
Property tax1.19%0.92%
Income tax4.25%2.50%
Sales tax6.00%7.09%
Electric bill$131$133
Temperature48.9°F42.4°F
Snowfall47.5 in23.0 in
Precipitation30.4 in20.1 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.911.7
Bachelor's or higher33.3%34.0%
Crime rate434254
Commute24.3 min17.5 min
Unemployment5.0%2.3%
Population change+0.5%+2.6%
Wildfire risk39.865.1
Flood risk84.649.2
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.