Louisiana vs Oklahoma
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 6 of them and Oklahoma on 9, 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.
MeasureLouisianaOklahoma
Home price$217,968$225,437
Rent paid$1,056$1,002
Cost of living92.386
Income$60,986$66,148
Property tax0.55%0.79%
Income tax3.00%4.50%
Sales tax10.13%9.06%
Electric bill$157$141
Temperature69.3°F61.9°F
Snowfall0.8 in4.4 in
Precipitation54.0 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.916.3
Bachelor's or higher27.8%29.3%
Crime rate520423
Commute26.2 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%4.2%
Population change-0.9%+4.1%
Wildfire risk48.086.9
Flood risk80.176.7
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.