Michigan vs Utah
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 Utah on 8, 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.
MeasureMichiganUtah
Home price$269,972$541,692
Rent paid$1,117$1,489
Cost of living90.1102.2
Income$72,389$96,658
Property tax1.19%0.48%
Income tax4.25%4.50%
Sales tax6.00%7.42%
Electric bill$131$102
Temperature48.9°F51.6°F
Snowfall47.5 in65.6 in
Precipitation30.4 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.921.9
Bachelor's or higher33.3%39.1%
Crime rate434230
Commute24.3 min23.2 min
Unemployment5.0%3.6%
Population change+0.5%+8.2%
Wildfire risk39.895.3
Flood risk84.674.6
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.