South Dakota 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.
South Dakota comes out ahead on 11 of them and Texas on 3, 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.
MeasureSouth DakotaTexas
Home price$325,618$302,999
Rent paid$941$1,386
Cost of living91.992.1
Income$76,881$79,721
Property tax1.00%1.40%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.11%8.20%
Electric bill$138$174
Temperature47.4°F69.7°F
Snowfall29.7 in1.0 in
Precipitation23.7 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.08 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.215.1
Bachelor's or higher34.2%35.2%
Crime rate362389
Commute18.5 min27.5 min
Unemployment2.0%4.4%
Population change+5.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk75.583.5
Flood risk54.589.2
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.