Oregon vs Pennsylvania
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Oregon comes out ahead on 6 of them and Pennsylvania on 9, 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.
MeasureOregonPennsylvania
Home price$504,432$294,099
Rent paid$1,497$1,224
Cost of living111.897.2
Income$85,220$77,545
Property tax0.81%1.26%
Income tax9.90%3.07%
Sales tax0.00%6.34%
Electric bill$132$173
Temperature51.9°F52°F
Snowfall9.0 in21.7 in
Precipitation50.9 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.84 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.5
Bachelor's or higher37.8%36.4%
Crime rate331246
Commute23.2 min27.1 min
Unemployment5.2%4.1%
Population change+0.9%+0.4%
Wildfire risk70.738.7
Flood risk87.992.3
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.