Kentucky 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.
Kentucky comes out ahead on 8 of them and 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.
MeasureKentuckyVirginia
Home price$235,363$419,920
Rent paid$957$1,599
Cost of living92.5100.8
Income$64,526$92,090
Property tax0.74%0.78%
Income tax3.50%5.75%
Sales tax6.00%5.77%
Electric bill$155$173
Temperature56.9°F57.6°F
Snowfall13.4 in11.3 in
Precipitation57.0 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.614.0
Bachelor's or higher27.9%43.3%
Crime rate213218
Commute24.5 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.7%3.7%
Population change+2.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk34.433.1
Flood risk70.467.2
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.