North Carolina vs Utah
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 Utah 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 CarolinaUtah
Home price$340,430$541,692
Rent paid$1,215$1,489
Cost of living97.8102.2
Income$73,958$96,658
Property tax0.66%0.48%
Income tax3.99%4.50%
Sales tax7.10%7.42%
Electric bill$151$102
Temperature60.3°F51.6°F
Snowfall2.3 in65.6 in
Precipitation42.5 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.421.9
Bachelor's or higher37.1%39.1%
Crime rate376230
Commute25.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.6%3.6%
Population change+7.2%+8.2%
Wildfire risk53.895.3
Flood risk84.674.6
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.