Louisiana 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.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 9 of them and 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.
MeasureLouisianaVirginia
Home price$217,968$419,920
Rent paid$1,056$1,599
Cost of living92.3100.8
Income$60,986$92,090
Property tax0.55%0.78%
Income tax3.00%5.75%
Sales tax10.13%5.77%
Electric bill$157$173
Temperature69.3°F57.6°F
Snowfall0.8 in11.3 in
Precipitation54.0 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.914.0
Bachelor's or higher27.8%43.3%
Crime rate520218
Commute26.2 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change-0.9%+2.9%
Wildfire risk48.033.1
Flood risk80.167.2
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.