Michigan vs Pennsylvania
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 8 of them and Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureMichiganPennsylvania
Home price$269,972$294,099
Rent paid$1,117$1,224
Cost of living90.197.2
Income$72,389$77,545
Property tax1.19%1.26%
Income tax4.25%3.07%
Sales tax6.00%6.34%
Electric bill$131$173
Temperature48.9°F52°F
Snowfall47.5 in21.7 in
Precipitation30.4 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.913.5
Bachelor's or higher33.3%36.4%
Crime rate434246
Commute24.3 min27.1 min
Unemployment5.0%4.1%
Population change+0.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk39.838.7
Flood risk84.692.3
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.