Louisiana 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.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 5 of them and West Virginia on 10, 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.
MeasureLouisianaWest Virginia
Home price$217,968$182,704
Rent paid$1,056$868
Cost of living92.388.3
Income$60,986$60,798
Property tax0.55%0.51%
Income tax3.00%4.82%
Sales tax10.13%6.60%
Electric bill$157$167
Temperature69.3°F53.9°F
Snowfall0.8 in22.9 in
Precipitation54.0 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.913.7
Bachelor's or higher27.8%24.4%
Crime rate520249
Commute26.2 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.2%
Population change-0.9%-1.5%
Wildfire risk48.041.2
Flood risk80.179.2
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.