North Carolina vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming 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 CarolinaWyoming
Home price$340,430$372,526
Rent paid$1,215$1,010
Cost of living97.893.7
Income$73,958$75,532
Property tax0.66%0.53%
Income tax3.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.10%5.39%
Electric bill$151$115
Temperature60.3°F45.1°F
Snowfall2.3 in44.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.412.5
Bachelor's or higher37.1%32.3%
Crime rate376203
Commute25.7 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.6%3.2%
Population change+7.2%+2.1%
Wildfire risk53.886.6
Flood risk84.654.1
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.