Tennessee 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.
Tennessee comes out ahead on 8 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.
MeasureTennesseeTexas
Home price$338,769$302,999
Rent paid$1,171$1,386
Cost of living90.392.1
Income$71,997$79,721
Property tax0.52%1.40%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.61%8.20%
Electric bill$163$174
Temperature60.1°F69.7°F
Snowfall4.8 in1.0 in
Precipitation53.3 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.30 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher32.4%35.2%
Crime rate592389
Commute26.5 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.5%4.4%
Population change+5.8%+8.8%
Wildfire risk48.183.5
Flood risk76.489.2
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.