Arizona
Moderate tax burden · COL index 102
Wins 6 categories
Oregon
Moderate tax burden · COL index 110
Wins 7 categories
Oregon's top income tax rate is 9.9% vs Arizona's 2.5%. Property taxes are meaningfully different: Oregon averages 0.82% annually vs Arizona's 0.51%. Politically, Arizona voted Republican in 2024 (R+5.0) while Oregon went Democratic (D+14.0).
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