North Carolina vs Nevada
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 9 of them and Nevada on 5, 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaNevada
Home price$340,430$448,215
Rent paid$1,215$1,580
Cost of living97.8100.2
Income$73,958$81,134
Property tax0.66%0.50%
Income tax3.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.10%8.24%
Electric bill$151$117
Temperature60.3°F62.8°F
Snowfall2.3 in1.7 in
Precipitation42.5 in8.6 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.420.0
Bachelor's or higher37.1%28.5%
Crime rate376402
Commute25.7 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.6%5.1%
Population change+7.2%+5.7%
Wildfire risk53.898.1
Flood risk84.693.9
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.