North Carolina vs North Dakota
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 3 of them and North Dakota 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaNorth Dakota
Home price$340,430$293,556
Rent paid$1,215$931
Cost of living97.891.4
Income$73,958$77,871
Property tax0.66%0.92%
Income tax3.99%2.50%
Sales tax7.10%7.09%
Electric bill$151$133
Temperature60.3°F42.4°F
Snowfall2.3 in23.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.411.7
Bachelor's or higher37.1%34.0%
Crime rate376254
Commute25.7 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.6%2.3%
Population change+7.2%+2.6%
Wildfire risk53.865.1
Flood risk84.649.2
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.