Minnesota vs New York
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 12 of them and New York on 3, 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.
MeasureMinnesotaNew York
Home price$356,887$525,947
Rent paid$1,272$1,671
Cost of living94.6125.1
Income$87,117$85,820
Property tax1.00%1.30%
Income tax9.85%10.90%
Sales tax8.14%8.54%
Electric bill$119$164
Temperature45.6°F52.4°F
Snowfall30.7 in39.2 in
Precipitation30.4 in37.2 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.711.6
Bachelor's or higher40.0%41.2%
Crime rate257380
Commute22.7 min33.2 min
Unemployment4.4%4.6%
Population change+2.2%-1.0%
Wildfire risk57.434.8
Flood risk79.394.6
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.