Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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.
MeasureMinnesotaWyoming
Home price$356,887$372,526
Rent paid$1,272$1,010
Cost of living94.693.7
Income$87,117$75,532
Property tax1.00%0.53%
Income tax9.85%0.00%
Sales tax8.14%5.39%
Electric bill$119$115
Temperature45.6°F45.1°F
Snowfall30.7 in44.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.712.5
Bachelor's or higher40.0%32.3%
Crime rate257203
Commute22.7 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.2%
Population change+2.2%+2.1%
Wildfire risk57.486.6
Flood risk79.354.1
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.