Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania comes out ahead on 3 of them and Wyoming on 12, 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaWyoming
Home price$294,099$372,526
Rent paid$1,224$1,010
Cost of living97.293.7
Income$77,545$75,532
Property tax1.26%0.53%
Income tax3.07%0.00%
Sales tax6.34%5.39%
Electric bill$173$115
Temperature52°F45.1°F
Snowfall21.7 in44.9 in
Precipitation39.6 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.512.5
Bachelor's or higher36.4%32.3%
Crime rate246203
Commute27.1 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.1%3.2%
Population change+0.4%+2.1%
Wildfire risk38.786.6
Flood risk92.354.1
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.