Nevada vs South Dakota
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 4 of them and South Dakota on 10, 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.
MeasureNevadaSouth Dakota
Home price$448,215$325,618
Rent paid$1,580$941
Cost of living100.291.9
Income$81,134$76,881
Property tax0.50%1.00%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax8.24%6.11%
Electric bill$117$138
Temperature62.8°F47.4°F
Snowfall1.7 in29.7 in
Precipitation8.6 in23.7 in
Sunshine5.55 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher20.014.2
Bachelor's or higher28.5%34.2%
Crime rate402362
Commute25.7 min18.5 min
Unemployment5.1%2.0%
Population change+5.7%+5.5%
Wildfire risk98.175.5
Flood risk93.954.5
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.