New York 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.
New York comes out ahead on 4 of them and Ohio on 11, 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 YorkOhio
Home price$525,947$251,502
Rent paid$1,671$1,030
Cost of living125.194.3
Income$85,820$72,212
Property tax1.30%1.36%
Income tax10.90%2.75%
Sales tax8.54%7.29%
Electric bill$164$158
Temperature52.4°F52°F
Snowfall39.2 in25.7 in
Precipitation37.2 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.617.3
Bachelor's or higher41.2%32.4%
Crime rate380294
Commute33.2 min23.8 min
Unemployment4.6%3.6%
Population change-1.0%+0.9%
Wildfire risk34.836.7
Flood risk94.684.9
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.