Ohio vs Texas
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 10 of them and Texas 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.
MeasureOhioTexas
Home price$251,502$302,999
Rent paid$1,030$1,386
Cost of living94.392.1
Income$72,212$79,721
Property tax1.36%1.40%
Income tax2.75%0.00%
Sales tax7.29%8.20%
Electric bill$158$174
Temperature52°F69.7°F
Snowfall25.7 in1.0 in
Precipitation39.1 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.315.1
Bachelor's or higher32.4%35.2%
Crime rate294389
Commute23.8 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.6%4.4%
Population change+0.9%+8.8%
Wildfire risk36.783.5
Flood risk84.989.2
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.