Oregon
Moderate tax burden · COL index 110
Wins 9 categories
Texas
Moderate tax burden · COL index 97
Wins 7 categories
Texas has no state income tax. Oregon's top rate is 9.9%. Cost of living in Oregon (index 110) runs 13% higher than Texas (index 97). Property taxes are meaningfully different: Texas averages 1.6% annually vs Oregon's 0.82%. The median home in Oregon costs $480K vs $340K in Texas.
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Texas has no state income tax, but its property taxes are among the highest in the U.S. — typically 2.0–2.5% of assessed value, versus Oregon's ~1.0%.