Michigan vs Ohio
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Michigan comes out ahead on 7 of them and Ohio on 8, 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.
MeasureMichiganOhio
Home price$269,972$251,502
Rent paid$1,117$1,030
Cost of living90.194.3
Income$72,389$72,212
Property tax1.19%1.36%
Income tax4.25%2.75%
Sales tax6.00%7.29%
Electric bill$131$158
Temperature48.9°F52°F
Snowfall47.5 in25.7 in
Precipitation30.4 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.917.3
Bachelor's or higher33.3%32.4%
Crime rate434294
Commute24.3 min23.8 min
Unemployment5.0%3.6%
Population change+0.5%+0.9%
Wildfire risk39.836.7
Flood risk84.684.9
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.