Florida 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.
Florida comes out ahead on 4 of them and Virginia on 10, 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.
MeasureFloridaVirginia
Home price$378,126$419,920
Rent paid$1,644$1,599
Cost of living102.2100.8
Income$77,735$92,090
Property tax0.78%0.78%
Income tax0.00%5.75%
Sales tax6.98%5.77%
Electric bill$169$173
Temperature74°F57.6°F
Snowfall0.2 in11.3 in
Precipitation43.3 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.514.0
Bachelor's or higher35.8%43.3%
Crime rate267218
Commute28.9 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.7%3.7%
Population change+8.9%+2.9%
Wildfire risk92.833.1
Flood risk93.167.2
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.