Indiana 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.
Indiana comes out ahead on 8 of them and West Virginia on 7, 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.
MeasureIndianaWest Virginia
Home price$262,265$182,704
Rent paid$1,063$868
Cost of living9188.3
Income$71,959$60,798
Property tax0.76%0.51%
Income tax2.95%4.82%
Sales tax7.00%6.60%
Electric bill$160$167
Temperature52.6°F53.9°F
Snowfall26.8 in22.9 in
Precipitation38.0 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.513.7
Bachelor's or higher30.7%24.4%
Crime rate313249
Commute24.6 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.3%4.2%
Population change+2.8%-1.5%
Wildfire risk24.641.2
Flood risk75.879.2
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.