Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 6 of them and Oklahoma 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.
MeasureMinnesotaOklahoma
Home price$356,887$225,437
Rent paid$1,272$1,002
Cost of living94.686
Income$87,117$66,148
Property tax1.00%0.79%
Income tax9.85%4.50%
Sales tax8.14%9.06%
Electric bill$119$141
Temperature45.6°F61.9°F
Snowfall30.7 in4.4 in
Precipitation30.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.716.3
Bachelor's or higher40.0%29.3%
Crime rate257423
Commute22.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%4.2%
Population change+2.2%+4.1%
Wildfire risk57.486.9
Flood risk79.376.7
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.