New York 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 York comes out ahead on 5 of them and Oregon 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.
MeasureNew YorkOregon
Home price$525,947$504,432
Rent paid$1,671$1,497
Cost of living125.1111.8
Income$85,820$85,220
Property tax1.30%0.81%
Income tax10.90%9.90%
Sales tax8.54%0.00%
Electric bill$164$132
Temperature52.4°F51.9°F
Snowfall39.2 in9.0 in
Precipitation37.2 in50.9 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.618.4
Bachelor's or higher41.2%37.8%
Crime rate380331
Commute33.2 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.6%5.2%
Population change-1.0%+0.9%
Wildfire risk34.870.7
Flood risk94.687.9
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.