Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania comes out ahead on 5 of them and Tennessee on 9, 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaTennessee
Home price$294,099$338,769
Rent paid$1,224$1,171
Cost of living97.290.3
Income$77,545$71,997
Property tax1.26%0.52%
Income tax3.07%0.00%
Sales tax6.34%9.61%
Electric bill$173$163
Temperature52°F60.1°F
Snowfall21.7 in4.8 in
Precipitation39.6 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher36.4%32.4%
Crime rate246592
Commute27.1 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.1%3.5%
Population change+0.4%+5.8%
Wildfire risk38.748.1
Flood risk92.376.4
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.