Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 9 of them and Texas on 5, 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.
MeasureMinnesotaTexas
Home price$356,887$302,999
Rent paid$1,272$1,386
Cost of living94.692.1
Income$87,117$79,721
Property tax1.00%1.40%
Income tax9.85%0.00%
Sales tax8.14%8.20%
Electric bill$119$174
Temperature45.6°F69.7°F
Snowfall30.7 in1.0 in
Precipitation30.4 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.715.1
Bachelor's or higher40.0%35.2%
Crime rate257389
Commute22.7 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+2.2%+8.8%
Wildfire risk57.483.5
Flood risk79.389.2
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.