Pennsylvania vs Utah
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 7 of them and Utah on 8, 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaUtah
Home price$294,099$541,692
Rent paid$1,224$1,489
Cost of living97.2102.2
Income$77,545$96,658
Property tax1.26%0.48%
Income tax3.07%4.50%
Sales tax6.34%7.42%
Electric bill$173$102
Temperature52°F51.6°F
Snowfall21.7 in65.6 in
Precipitation39.6 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.521.9
Bachelor's or higher36.4%39.1%
Crime rate246230
Commute27.1 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.1%3.6%
Population change+0.4%+8.2%
Wildfire risk38.795.3
Flood risk92.374.6
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.