North Carolina 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.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 7 of them and Ohio on 7, 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaOhio
Home price$340,430$251,502
Rent paid$1,215$1,030
Cost of living97.894.3
Income$73,958$72,212
Property tax0.66%1.36%
Income tax3.99%2.75%
Sales tax7.10%7.29%
Electric bill$151$158
Temperature60.3°F52°F
Snowfall2.3 in25.7 in
Precipitation42.5 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.417.3
Bachelor's or higher37.1%32.4%
Crime rate376294
Commute25.7 min23.8 min
Unemployment3.6%3.6%
Population change+7.2%+0.9%
Wildfire risk53.836.7
Flood risk84.684.9
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.