New York vs Tennessee
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 Tennessee on 10, 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 YorkTennessee
Home price$525,947$338,769
Rent paid$1,671$1,171
Cost of living125.190.3
Income$85,820$71,997
Property tax1.30%0.52%
Income tax10.90%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%9.61%
Electric bill$164$163
Temperature52.4°F60.1°F
Snowfall39.2 in4.8 in
Precipitation37.2 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher41.2%32.4%
Crime rate380592
Commute33.2 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.6%3.5%
Population change-1.0%+5.8%
Wildfire risk34.848.1
Flood risk94.676.4
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.