Texas vs Washington
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 8 of them and Washington on 6, 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.
MeasureTexasWashington
Home price$302,999$603,303
Rent paid$1,386$1,712
Cost of living92.1114.1
Income$79,721$99,389
Property tax1.40%0.75%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax8.20%9.57%
Electric bill$174$130
Temperature69.7°F50°F
Snowfall1.0 in5.4 in
Precipitation33.1 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.77 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.118.3
Bachelor's or higher35.2%41.0%
Crime rate389326
Commute27.5 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.4%5.2%
Population change+8.8%+3.8%
Wildfire risk83.574.2
Flood risk89.291.4
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.