New York 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 York comes out ahead on 3 of them and South Dakota on 12, 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 YorkSouth Dakota
Home price$525,947$325,618
Rent paid$1,671$941
Cost of living125.191.9
Income$85,820$76,881
Property tax1.30%1.00%
Income tax10.90%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%6.11%
Electric bill$164$138
Temperature52.4°F47.4°F
Snowfall39.2 in29.7 in
Precipitation37.2 in23.7 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.614.2
Bachelor's or higher41.2%34.2%
Crime rate380362
Commute33.2 min18.5 min
Unemployment4.6%2.0%
Population change-1.0%+5.5%
Wildfire risk34.875.5
Flood risk94.654.5
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.