Connecticut 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.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 4 of them and West Virginia on 11, 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.
MeasureConnecticutWest Virginia
Home price$455,424$182,704
Rent paid$1,537$868
Cost of living112.788.3
Income$96,049$60,798
Property tax1.54%0.51%
Income tax6.99%4.82%
Sales tax6.35%6.60%
Electric bill$204$167
Temperature51.3°F53.9°F
Snowfall25.9 in22.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.7
Bachelor's or higher42.6%24.4%
Crime rate136249
Commute27.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.2%4.2%
Population change+2.2%-1.5%
Wildfire risk45.041.2
Flood risk95.879.2
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.