New York 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 York comes out ahead on 4 of them and Pennsylvania on 11, 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 YorkPennsylvania
Home price$525,947$294,099
Rent paid$1,671$1,224
Cost of living125.197.2
Income$85,820$77,545
Property tax1.30%1.26%
Income tax10.90%3.07%
Sales tax8.54%6.34%
Electric bill$164$173
Temperature52.4°F52°F
Snowfall39.2 in21.7 in
Precipitation37.2 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.613.5
Bachelor's or higher41.2%36.4%
Crime rate380246
Commute33.2 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.6%4.1%
Population change-1.0%+0.4%
Wildfire risk34.838.7
Flood risk94.692.3
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.