Michigan 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.
Michigan comes out ahead on 5 of them and Oklahoma on 10, 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.
MeasureMichiganOklahoma
Home price$269,972$225,437
Rent paid$1,117$1,002
Cost of living90.186
Income$72,389$66,148
Property tax1.19%0.79%
Income tax4.25%4.50%
Sales tax6.00%9.06%
Electric bill$131$141
Temperature48.9°F61.9°F
Snowfall47.5 in4.4 in
Precipitation30.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.916.3
Bachelor's or higher33.3%29.3%
Crime rate434423
Commute24.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.0%4.2%
Population change+0.5%+4.1%
Wildfire risk39.886.9
Flood risk84.676.7
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.