North Carolina vs Tennessee
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 6 of them and Tennessee 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 CarolinaTennessee
Home price$340,430$338,769
Rent paid$1,215$1,171
Cost of living97.890.3
Income$73,958$71,997
Property tax0.66%0.52%
Income tax3.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.10%9.61%
Electric bill$151$163
Temperature60.3°F60.1°F
Snowfall2.3 in4.8 in
Precipitation42.5 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher37.1%32.4%
Crime rate376592
Commute25.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.6%3.5%
Population change+7.2%+5.8%
Wildfire risk53.848.1
Flood risk84.676.4
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.