North Carolina vs Pennsylvania
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 7 of them and Pennsylvania on 8, 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 CarolinaPennsylvania
Home price$340,430$294,099
Rent paid$1,215$1,224
Cost of living97.897.2
Income$73,958$77,545
Property tax0.66%1.26%
Income tax3.99%3.07%
Sales tax7.10%6.34%
Electric bill$151$173
Temperature60.3°F52°F
Snowfall2.3 in21.7 in
Precipitation42.5 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.413.5
Bachelor's or higher37.1%36.4%
Crime rate376246
Commute25.7 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.6%4.1%
Population change+7.2%+0.4%
Wildfire risk53.838.7
Flood risk84.692.3
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.