North Carolina 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.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 7 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaOklahoma
Home price$340,430$225,437
Rent paid$1,215$1,002
Cost of living97.886
Income$73,958$66,148
Property tax0.66%0.79%
Income tax3.99%4.50%
Sales tax7.10%9.06%
Electric bill$151$141
Temperature60.3°F61.9°F
Snowfall2.3 in4.4 in
Precipitation42.5 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.416.3
Bachelor's or higher37.1%29.3%
Crime rate376423
Commute25.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.6%4.2%
Population change+7.2%+4.1%
Wildfire risk53.886.9
Flood risk84.676.7
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.