Oregon 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.
Oregon comes out ahead on 8 of them and Texas on 7, 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.
MeasureOregonTexas
Home price$504,432$302,999
Rent paid$1,497$1,386
Cost of living111.892.1
Income$85,220$79,721
Property tax0.81%1.40%
Income tax9.90%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%8.20%
Electric bill$132$174
Temperature51.9°F69.7°F
Snowfall9.0 in1.0 in
Precipitation50.9 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.84 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.415.1
Bachelor's or higher37.8%35.2%
Crime rate331389
Commute23.2 min27.5 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change+0.9%+8.8%
Wildfire risk70.783.5
Flood risk87.989.2
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.