Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 6 of them and Utah 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.
MeasureMinnesotaUtah
Home price$356,887$541,692
Rent paid$1,272$1,489
Cost of living94.6102.2
Income$87,117$96,658
Property tax1.00%0.48%
Income tax9.85%4.50%
Sales tax8.14%7.42%
Electric bill$119$102
Temperature45.6°F51.6°F
Snowfall30.7 in65.6 in
Precipitation30.4 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.721.9
Bachelor's or higher40.0%39.1%
Crime rate257230
Commute22.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.4%3.6%
Population change+2.2%+8.2%
Wildfire risk57.495.3
Flood risk79.374.6
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.