New York 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 York comes out ahead on 3 of them and Utah 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 YorkUtah
Home price$525,947$541,692
Rent paid$1,671$1,489
Cost of living125.1102.2
Income$85,820$96,658
Property tax1.30%0.48%
Income tax10.90%4.50%
Sales tax8.54%7.42%
Electric bill$164$102
Temperature52.4°F51.6°F
Snowfall39.2 in65.6 in
Precipitation37.2 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.621.9
Bachelor's or higher41.2%39.1%
Crime rate380230
Commute33.2 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.6%3.6%
Population change-1.0%+8.2%
Wildfire risk34.895.3
Flood risk94.674.6
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.