North Dakota vs New Hampshire
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 Dakota comes out ahead on 8 of them and New Hampshire 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 DakotaNew Hampshire
Home price$293,556$522,944
Rent paid$931$1,488
Cost of living91.4111.4
Income$77,871$99,782
Property tax0.92%1.50%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax7.09%0.00%
Electric bill$133$168
Temperature42.4°F46.7°F
Snowfall23.0 in50.6 in
Precipitation20.1 in40.2 in
Sunshine3.76 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.711.4
Bachelor's or higher34.0%41.5%
Crime rate254110
Commute17.5 min27.5 min
Unemployment2.3%2.9%
Population change+2.6%+2.7%
Wildfire risk65.145.2
Flood risk49.285.5
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.