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Kentucky vs West Virginia

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

Kentucky comes out ahead on 3 of them and West Virginia on 4, 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.

MeasureKentuckyWest Virginia
Typical home value$230,909$176,576
Home price-to-income3.6×2.9×
Household income$64,526$60,798
Property tax0.74%0.51%
Income tax3.50%4.82%
Sales tax6.00%6.60%
Temperature56.9°F53.9°F
Population4,588,3721,769,979
Cost of living92.588.3

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.