New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire comes out ahead on 8 of them and Pennsylvania on 7, 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.
MeasureNew HampshirePennsylvania
Home price$522,944$294,099
Rent paid$1,488$1,224
Cost of living111.497.2
Income$99,782$77,545
Property tax1.50%1.26%
Income tax0.00%3.07%
Sales tax0.00%6.34%
Electric bill$168$173
Temperature46.7°F52°F
Snowfall50.6 in21.7 in
Precipitation40.2 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.413.5
Bachelor's or higher41.5%36.4%
Crime rate110246
Commute27.5 min27.1 min
Unemployment2.9%4.1%
Population change+2.7%+0.4%
Wildfire risk45.238.7
Flood risk85.592.3
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.