Oklahoma vs Virginia
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 7 of them and Virginia on 8, 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.
MeasureOklahomaVirginia
Home price$225,437$419,920
Rent paid$1,002$1,599
Cost of living86100.8
Income$66,148$92,090
Property tax0.79%0.78%
Income tax4.50%5.75%
Sales tax9.06%5.77%
Electric bill$141$173
Temperature61.9°F57.6°F
Snowfall4.4 in11.3 in
Precipitation44.0 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.62 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.314.0
Bachelor's or higher29.3%43.3%
Crime rate423218
Commute22.7 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.2%3.7%
Population change+4.1%+2.9%
Wildfire risk86.933.1
Flood risk76.767.2
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.