South Dakota 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.
South Dakota comes out ahead on 7 of them and Wyoming on 7, 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 DakotaWyoming
Home price$325,618$372,526
Rent paid$941$1,010
Cost of living91.993.7
Income$76,881$75,532
Property tax1.00%0.53%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.11%5.39%
Electric bill$138$115
Temperature47.4°F45.1°F
Snowfall29.7 in44.9 in
Precipitation23.7 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.08 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.212.5
Bachelor's or higher34.2%32.3%
Crime rate362203
Commute18.5 min19.7 min
Unemployment2.0%3.2%
Population change+5.5%+2.1%
Wildfire risk75.586.6
Flood risk54.554.1
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.