Michigan vs Tennessee
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 Tennessee on 5, 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.
MeasureMichiganTennessee
Home price$269,972$338,769
Rent paid$1,117$1,171
Cost of living90.190.3
Income$72,389$71,997
Property tax1.19%0.52%
Income tax4.25%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%9.61%
Electric bill$131$163
Temperature48.9°F60.1°F
Snowfall47.5 in4.8 in
Precipitation30.4 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher33.3%32.4%
Crime rate434592
Commute24.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.0%3.5%
Population change+0.5%+5.8%
Wildfire risk39.848.1
Flood risk84.676.4
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.