Texas 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.
Texas comes out ahead on 6 of them and Utah on 9, 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.
MeasureTexasUtah
Home price$302,999$541,692
Rent paid$1,386$1,489
Cost of living92.1102.2
Income$79,721$96,658
Property tax1.40%0.48%
Income tax0.00%4.50%
Sales tax8.20%7.42%
Electric bill$174$102
Temperature69.7°F51.6°F
Snowfall1.0 in65.6 in
Precipitation33.1 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.77 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.121.9
Bachelor's or higher35.2%39.1%
Crime rate389230
Commute27.5 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.4%3.6%
Population change+8.8%+8.2%
Wildfire risk83.595.3
Flood risk89.274.6
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.