Ohio vs Pennsylvania
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Ohio comes out ahead on 9 of them and Pennsylvania on 6, 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.
MeasureOhioPennsylvania
Home price$251,502$294,099
Rent paid$1,030$1,224
Cost of living94.397.2
Income$72,212$77,545
Property tax1.36%1.26%
Income tax2.75%3.07%
Sales tax7.29%6.34%
Electric bill$158$173
Temperature52°F52°F
Snowfall25.7 in21.7 in
Precipitation39.1 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.313.5
Bachelor's or higher32.4%36.4%
Crime rate294246
Commute23.8 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.6%4.1%
Population change+0.9%+0.4%
Wildfire risk36.738.7
Flood risk84.992.3
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.