Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 9 of them and West Virginia on 6, 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.
MeasureIdahoWest Virginia
Home price$482,199$182,704
Rent paid$1,251$868
Cost of living99.988.3
Income$81,166$60,798
Property tax0.50%0.51%
Income tax5.30%4.82%
Sales tax6.03%6.60%
Electric bill$112$167
Temperature50.2°F53.9°F
Snowfall17.8 in22.9 in
Precipitation17.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.7
Bachelor's or higher33.0%24.4%
Crime rate231249
Commute22.2 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.7%4.2%
Population change+10.4%-1.5%
Wildfire risk90.441.2
Flood risk69.579.2
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.