Ohio vs Washington
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 11 of them and Washington on 4, 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.
MeasureOhioWashington
Home price$251,502$603,303
Rent paid$1,030$1,712
Cost of living94.3114.1
Income$72,212$99,389
Property tax1.36%0.75%
Income tax2.75%0.00%
Sales tax7.29%9.57%
Electric bill$158$130
Temperature52°F50°F
Snowfall25.7 in5.4 in
Precipitation39.1 in56.5 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.318.3
Bachelor's or higher32.4%41.0%
Crime rate294326
Commute23.8 min27.2 min
Unemployment3.6%5.2%
Population change+0.9%+3.8%
Wildfire risk36.774.2
Flood risk84.991.4
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.