North Carolina vs Texas
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 Texas on 6, 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 CarolinaTexas
Home price$340,430$302,999
Rent paid$1,215$1,386
Cost of living97.892.1
Income$73,958$79,721
Property tax0.66%1.40%
Income tax3.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.10%8.20%
Electric bill$151$174
Temperature60.3°F69.7°F
Snowfall2.3 in1.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.415.1
Bachelor's or higher37.1%35.2%
Crime rate376389
Commute25.7 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.6%4.4%
Population change+7.2%+8.8%
Wildfire risk53.883.5
Flood risk84.689.2
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.