Ohio vs South Dakota
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 3 of them and South Dakota on 12, 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.
MeasureOhioSouth Dakota
Home price$251,502$325,618
Rent paid$1,030$941
Cost of living94.391.9
Income$72,212$76,881
Property tax1.36%1.00%
Income tax2.75%0.00%
Sales tax7.29%6.11%
Electric bill$158$138
Temperature52°F47.4°F
Snowfall25.7 in29.7 in
Precipitation39.1 in23.7 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.314.2
Bachelor's or higher32.4%34.2%
Crime rate294362
Commute23.8 min18.5 min
Unemployment3.6%2.0%
Population change+0.9%+5.5%
Wildfire risk36.775.5
Flood risk84.954.5
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.