North Carolina vs New Hampshire
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 8 of them and New Hampshire on 7, 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 CarolinaNew Hampshire
Home price$340,430$522,944
Rent paid$1,215$1,488
Cost of living97.8111.4
Income$73,958$99,782
Property tax0.66%1.50%
Income tax3.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.10%0.00%
Electric bill$151$168
Temperature60.3°F46.7°F
Snowfall2.3 in50.6 in
Precipitation42.5 in40.2 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.411.4
Bachelor's or higher37.1%41.5%
Crime rate376110
Commute25.7 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.6%2.9%
Population change+7.2%+2.7%
Wildfire risk53.845.2
Flood risk84.685.5
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.