ClozeEZ compares each state with Arizona using current Census, IRS, NOAA, and Tax Foundation data, on home prices, income and property tax, climate, and actual migration volume, and each one names the places where Arizona is the more expensive or more heavily taxed choice. For several states on this list, it is.
Arizona genuinely wins some of these comparisons and genuinely loses others. It costs more than Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Nebraska on the price of the house. It charges income tax where Texas, Washington, and Nevada charge none. Its combined sales tax of 8.52% is higher than most of the states on this list, and Oregon has no sales tax at all.
Where Arizona consistently does win is property tax (its 0.48% effective rate is among the four lowest in the country) and winter climate. Whether that trade works for you depends on your income, your price point, and how much 111 days a year above 100°F matters to you.
One thing every page states plainly: migration numbers are survey estimates with real margins of error, and for the smaller states we use IRS tax-return data instead, because the Census sample is too thin to publish honestly.
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Informational only, not tax or legal advice. Sources include the US Census Bureau, IRS Statistics of Income, NOAA, the Tax Foundation, and Zillow, each dated on the relevant page.