Michigan vs Wyoming
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 3 of them and Wyoming on 12, 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.
MeasureMichiganWyoming
Home price$269,972$372,526
Rent paid$1,117$1,010
Cost of living90.193.7
Income$72,389$75,532
Property tax1.19%0.53%
Income tax4.25%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%5.39%
Electric bill$131$115
Temperature48.9°F45.1°F
Snowfall47.5 in44.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.912.5
Bachelor's or higher33.3%32.3%
Crime rate434203
Commute24.3 min19.7 min
Unemployment5.0%3.2%
Population change+0.5%+2.1%
Wildfire risk39.886.6
Flood risk84.654.1
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.