New York vs Texas
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 6 of them and Texas 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 YorkTexas
Home price$525,947$302,999
Rent paid$1,671$1,386
Cost of living125.192.1
Income$85,820$79,721
Property tax1.30%1.40%
Income tax10.90%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%8.20%
Electric bill$164$174
Temperature52.4°F69.7°F
Snowfall39.2 in1.0 in
Precipitation37.2 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.615.1
Bachelor's or higher41.2%35.2%
Crime rate380389
Commute33.2 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.6%4.4%
Population change-1.0%+8.8%
Wildfire risk34.883.5
Flood risk94.689.2
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.