Maine 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.
Maine comes out ahead on 9 of them and West 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.
MeasureMaineWest Virginia
Home price$424,107$182,704
Rent paid$1,169$868
Cost of living11388.3
Income$76,442$60,798
Property tax0.98%0.51%
Income tax7.15%4.82%
Sales tax5.50%6.60%
Electric bill$155$167
Temperature44.8°F53.9°F
Snowfall66.8 in22.9 in
Precipitation39.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.513.7
Bachelor's or higher37.1%24.4%
Crime rate100249
Commute25.6 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.1%4.2%
Population change+3.8%-1.5%
Wildfire risk32.341.2
Flood risk67.179.2
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.