Oregon vs Washington
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 Washington on 6, 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.
MeasureOregonWashington
Home price$504,432$603,303
Rent paid$1,497$1,712
Cost of living111.8114.1
Income$85,220$99,389
Property tax0.81%0.75%
Income tax9.90%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%9.57%
Electric bill$132$130
Temperature51.9°F50°F
Snowfall9.0 in5.4 in
Precipitation50.9 in56.5 in
Sunshine3.84 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.418.3
Bachelor's or higher37.8%41.0%
Crime rate331326
Commute23.2 min27.2 min
Unemployment5.2%5.2%
Population change+0.9%+3.8%
Wildfire risk70.774.2
Flood risk87.991.4
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.