Michigan 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.
Michigan comes out ahead on 6 of them and Virginia on 9, 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.
MeasureMichiganVirginia
Home price$269,972$419,920
Rent paid$1,117$1,599
Cost of living90.1100.8
Income$72,389$92,090
Property tax1.19%0.78%
Income tax4.25%5.75%
Sales tax6.00%5.77%
Electric bill$131$173
Temperature48.9°F57.6°F
Snowfall47.5 in11.3 in
Precipitation30.4 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.914.0
Bachelor's or higher33.3%43.3%
Crime rate434218
Commute24.3 min28.3 min
Unemployment5.0%3.7%
Population change+0.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk39.833.1
Flood risk84.667.2
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.