Michigan
Moderate tax burden · COL index 88
Wins 8 categories
Minnesota
High tax burden · COL index 95
Wins 6 categories
Minnesota's top income tax rate is 9.85% vs Michigan's 4.25%. Property taxes are meaningfully different: Michigan averages 1.32% annually vs Minnesota's 1.02%. The median home in Minnesota costs $335K vs $250K in Michigan. Politically, Michigan voted Republican in 2024 (R+2.0) while Minnesota went Democratic (D+4.0).
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Is it better to live in Minnesota or Michigan?
Overall, you're better off living in Michigan with lower property values, lower income taxes, lower property taxes, and a lower cost of living, outsizing the reduction in income by a lot.
What is the downfall of living in Michigan?
Is Michigan one of the best states to live in?
Analysts considered affordability, the economy, education and health, quality of life and safety when creating the list. Overall, Michigan ranked at number 32 out of the 50 states. Other nearby states had higher rankings than Michigan: Indiana (27), Wisconsin (8), Ohio (30) and Illinois (16).
Is Minnesota sunnier than Michigan?
To that end, Mpls is surprisingly sunny compared to other areas of the Midwest. In fact, Mpls has 198 days of sun, Madison has 187, Ann Arbor has 178, and Grand Rapids has 158. The differences there seem much more material to me than the temperature differences.