Utah 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.
Utah comes out ahead on 11 of them and Washington on 4, 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.
MeasureUtahWashington
Home price$541,692$603,303
Rent paid$1,489$1,712
Cost of living102.2114.1
Income$96,658$99,389
Property tax0.48%0.75%
Income tax4.50%0.00%
Sales tax7.42%9.57%
Electric bill$102$130
Temperature51.6°F50°F
Snowfall65.6 in5.4 in
Precipitation17.3 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.78 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.918.3
Bachelor's or higher39.1%41.0%
Crime rate230326
Commute23.2 min27.2 min
Unemployment3.6%5.2%
Population change+8.2%+3.8%
Wildfire risk95.374.2
Flood risk74.691.4
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.