Oregon 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.
Oregon comes out ahead on 4 of them and Virginia 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.
MeasureOregonVirginia
Home price$504,432$419,920
Rent paid$1,497$1,599
Cost of living111.8100.8
Income$85,220$92,090
Property tax0.81%0.78%
Income tax9.90%5.75%
Sales tax0.00%5.77%
Electric bill$132$173
Temperature51.9°F57.6°F
Snowfall9.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation50.9 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.84 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.414.0
Bachelor's or higher37.8%43.3%
Crime rate331218
Commute23.2 min28.3 min
Unemployment5.2%3.7%
Population change+0.9%+2.9%
Wildfire risk70.733.1
Flood risk87.967.2
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.