Oklahoma 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.
Oklahoma comes out ahead on 4 of them and South Dakota on 11, 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.
MeasureOklahomaSouth Dakota
Home price$225,437$325,618
Rent paid$1,002$941
Cost of living8691.9
Income$66,148$76,881
Property tax0.79%1.00%
Income tax4.50%0.00%
Sales tax9.06%6.11%
Electric bill$141$138
Temperature61.9°F47.4°F
Snowfall4.4 in29.7 in
Precipitation44.0 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.62 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.314.2
Bachelor's or higher29.3%34.2%
Crime rate423362
Commute22.7 min18.5 min
Unemployment4.2%2.0%
Population change+4.1%+5.5%
Wildfire risk86.975.5
Flood risk76.754.5
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.