Texas 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.
Texas comes out ahead on 5 of them and Wyoming 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.
MeasureTexasWyoming
Home price$302,999$372,526
Rent paid$1,386$1,010
Cost of living92.193.7
Income$79,721$75,532
Property tax1.40%0.53%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax8.20%5.39%
Electric bill$174$115
Temperature69.7°F45.1°F
Snowfall1.0 in44.9 in
Precipitation33.1 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.77 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.112.5
Bachelor's or higher35.2%32.3%
Crime rate389203
Commute27.5 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.2%
Population change+8.8%+2.1%
Wildfire risk83.586.6
Flood risk89.254.1
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.