Pennsylvania vs Texas
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 10 of them and Texas 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaTexas
Home price$294,099$302,999
Rent paid$1,224$1,386
Cost of living97.292.1
Income$77,545$79,721
Property tax1.26%1.40%
Income tax3.07%0.00%
Sales tax6.34%8.20%
Electric bill$173$174
Temperature52°F69.7°F
Snowfall21.7 in1.0 in
Precipitation39.6 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.515.1
Bachelor's or higher36.4%35.2%
Crime rate246389
Commute27.1 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.1%4.4%
Population change+0.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk38.783.5
Flood risk92.389.2
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.