Arizona 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.
Arizona comes out ahead on 6 of them and Virginia on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaVirginia
Home price$422,822$419,920
Rent paid$1,518$1,599
Cost of living110.7100.8
Income$81,486$92,090
Property tax0.48%0.78%
Income tax2.50%5.75%
Sales tax8.54%5.77%
Electric bill$161$173
Temperature70.7°F57.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation9.0 in40.8 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.914.0
Bachelor's or higher34.7%43.3%
Crime rate422218
Commute26.4 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.9%3.7%
Population change+6.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk98.233.1
Flood risk98.367.2
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.