New Hampshire vs Utah
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 9 of them and Utah on 6, 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 HampshireUtah
Home price$522,944$541,692
Rent paid$1,488$1,489
Cost of living111.4102.2
Income$99,782$96,658
Property tax1.50%0.48%
Income tax0.00%4.50%
Sales tax0.00%7.42%
Electric bill$168$102
Temperature46.7°F51.6°F
Snowfall50.6 in65.6 in
Precipitation40.2 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.421.9
Bachelor's or higher41.5%39.1%
Crime rate110230
Commute27.5 min23.2 min
Unemployment2.9%3.6%
Population change+2.7%+8.2%
Wildfire risk45.295.3
Flood risk85.574.6
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.