Nevada
Low tax burden · COL index 101
Wins 6 categories
Pennsylvania
Moderate tax burden · COL index 97
Wins 9 categories
Nevada has no state income tax. Pennsylvania's top rate is 3.07%. Property taxes are meaningfully different: Pennsylvania averages 1.43% annually vs Nevada's 0.53%. The median home in Nevada costs $415K vs $270K in Pennsylvania.
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In 2024, 32.5% of the 254,000 people who left Pennsylvania for another state moved to just three destinations: Florida (33,500), New Jersey (25,900), and New York (23,200).