Michigan vs Texas
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 Texas 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.
MeasureMichiganTexas
Home price$269,972$302,999
Rent paid$1,117$1,386
Cost of living90.192.1
Income$72,389$79,721
Property tax1.19%1.40%
Income tax4.25%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%8.20%
Electric bill$131$174
Temperature48.9°F69.7°F
Snowfall47.5 in1.0 in
Precipitation30.4 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.915.1
Bachelor's or higher33.3%35.2%
Crime rate434389
Commute24.3 min27.5 min
Unemployment5.0%4.4%
Population change+0.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk39.883.5
Flood risk84.689.2
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.