Florida 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.
Florida comes out ahead on 3 of them and West Virginia on 12, 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.
MeasureFloridaWest Virginia
Home price$378,126$182,704
Rent paid$1,644$868
Cost of living102.288.3
Income$77,735$60,798
Property tax0.78%0.51%
Income tax0.00%4.82%
Sales tax6.98%6.60%
Electric bill$169$167
Temperature74°F53.9°F
Snowfall0.2 in22.9 in
Precipitation43.3 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.513.7
Bachelor's or higher35.8%24.4%
Crime rate267249
Commute28.9 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.7%4.2%
Population change+8.9%-1.5%
Wildfire risk92.841.2
Flood risk93.179.2
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.