North Carolina 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.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 10 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaOregon
Home price$340,430$504,432
Rent paid$1,215$1,497
Cost of living97.8111.8
Income$73,958$85,220
Property tax0.66%0.81%
Income tax3.99%9.90%
Sales tax7.10%0.00%
Electric bill$151$132
Temperature60.3°F51.9°F
Snowfall2.3 in9.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in50.9 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.418.4
Bachelor's or higher37.1%37.8%
Crime rate376331
Commute25.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.6%5.2%
Population change+7.2%+0.9%
Wildfire risk53.870.7
Flood risk84.687.9
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.