North Dakota 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 Dakota comes out ahead on 9 of them and Tennessee on 5, 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 DakotaTennessee
Home price$293,556$338,769
Rent paid$931$1,171
Cost of living91.490.3
Income$77,871$71,997
Property tax0.92%0.52%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax7.09%9.61%
Electric bill$133$163
Temperature42.4°F60.1°F
Snowfall23.0 in4.8 in
Precipitation20.1 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.76 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher34.0%32.4%
Crime rate254592
Commute17.5 min26.5 min
Unemployment2.3%3.5%
Population change+2.6%+5.8%
Wildfire risk65.148.1
Flood risk49.276.4
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.