Minnesota vs Pennsylvania
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 6 of them and Pennsylvania on 9, 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.
MeasureMinnesotaPennsylvania
Home price$356,887$294,099
Rent paid$1,272$1,224
Cost of living94.697.2
Income$87,117$77,545
Property tax1.00%1.26%
Income tax9.85%3.07%
Sales tax8.14%6.34%
Electric bill$119$173
Temperature45.6°F52°F
Snowfall30.7 in21.7 in
Precipitation30.4 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.713.5
Bachelor's or higher40.0%36.4%
Crime rate257246
Commute22.7 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.4%4.1%
Population change+2.2%+0.4%
Wildfire risk57.438.7
Flood risk79.392.3
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.