Arizona vs West 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 West 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.
MeasureArizonaWest Virginia
Home price$422,822$182,704
Rent paid$1,518$868
Cost of living110.788.3
Income$81,486$60,798
Property tax0.48%0.51%
Income tax2.50%4.82%
Sales tax8.54%6.60%
Electric bill$161$167
Temperature70.7°F53.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in22.9 in
Precipitation9.0 in44.0 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.913.7
Bachelor's or higher34.7%24.4%
Crime rate422249
Commute26.4 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.9%4.2%
Population change+6.5%-1.5%
Wildfire risk98.241.2
Flood risk98.379.2
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.