New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire comes out ahead on 5 of them and South Dakota 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.
MeasureNew HampshireSouth Dakota
Home price$522,944$325,618
Rent paid$1,488$941
Cost of living111.491.9
Income$99,782$76,881
Property tax1.50%1.00%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%6.11%
Electric bill$168$138
Temperature46.7°F47.4°F
Snowfall50.6 in29.7 in
Precipitation40.2 in23.7 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.414.2
Bachelor's or higher41.5%34.2%
Crime rate110362
Commute27.5 min18.5 min
Unemployment2.9%2.0%
Population change+2.7%+5.5%
Wildfire risk45.275.5
Flood risk85.554.5
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.