New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire comes out ahead on 9 of them and Oregon on 5, 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.
MeasureNew HampshireOregon
Home price$522,944$504,432
Rent paid$1,488$1,497
Cost of living111.4111.8
Income$99,782$85,220
Property tax1.50%0.81%
Income tax0.00%9.90%
Sales tax0.00%0.00%
Electric bill$168$132
Temperature46.7°F51.9°F
Snowfall50.6 in9.0 in
Precipitation40.2 in50.9 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.418.4
Bachelor's or higher41.5%37.8%
Crime rate110331
Commute27.5 min23.2 min
Unemployment2.9%5.2%
Population change+2.7%+0.9%
Wildfire risk45.270.7
Flood risk85.587.9
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.