Michigan vs Oregon
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 9 of them and Oregon on 6, 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.
MeasureMichiganOregon
Home price$269,972$504,432
Rent paid$1,117$1,497
Cost of living90.1111.8
Income$72,389$85,220
Property tax1.19%0.81%
Income tax4.25%9.90%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$131$132
Temperature48.9°F51.9°F
Snowfall47.5 in9.0 in
Precipitation30.4 in50.9 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.918.4
Bachelor's or higher33.3%37.8%
Crime rate434331
Commute24.3 min23.2 min
Unemployment5.0%5.2%
Population change+0.5%+0.9%
Wildfire risk39.870.7
Flood risk84.687.9
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.