Washington 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.
Washington comes out ahead on 2 of them and Wyoming on 12, 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.
MeasureWashingtonWyoming
Home price$603,303$372,526
Rent paid$1,712$1,010
Cost of living114.193.7
Income$99,389$75,532
Property tax0.75%0.53%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.57%5.39%
Electric bill$130$115
Temperature50°F45.1°F
Snowfall5.4 in44.9 in
Precipitation56.5 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.56 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.312.5
Bachelor's or higher41.0%32.3%
Crime rate326203
Commute27.2 min19.7 min
Unemployment5.2%3.2%
Population change+3.8%+2.1%
Wildfire risk74.286.6
Flood risk91.454.1
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.