Nevada 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.
Nevada 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.
MeasureNevadaPennsylvania
Home price$448,215$294,099
Rent paid$1,580$1,224
Cost of living100.297.2
Income$81,134$77,545
Property tax0.50%1.26%
Income tax0.00%3.07%
Sales tax8.24%6.34%
Electric bill$117$173
Temperature62.8°F52°F
Snowfall1.7 in21.7 in
Precipitation8.6 in39.6 in
Sunshine5.55 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher20.013.5
Bachelor's or higher28.5%36.4%
Crime rate402246
Commute25.7 min27.1 min
Unemployment5.1%4.1%
Population change+5.7%+0.4%
Wildfire risk98.138.7
Flood risk93.992.3
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.