North Dakota 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 Dakota comes out ahead on 9 of them and Wyoming 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 DakotaWyoming
Home price$293,556$372,526
Rent paid$931$1,010
Cost of living91.493.7
Income$77,871$75,532
Property tax0.92%0.53%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax7.09%5.39%
Electric bill$133$115
Temperature42.4°F45.1°F
Snowfall23.0 in44.9 in
Precipitation20.1 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.76 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.712.5
Bachelor's or higher34.0%32.3%
Crime rate254203
Commute17.5 min19.7 min
Unemployment2.3%3.2%
Population change+2.6%+2.1%
Wildfire risk65.186.6
Flood risk49.254.1
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.