Michigan 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.
Michigan comes out ahead on 6 of them and West 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.
MeasureMichiganWest Virginia
Home price$269,972$182,704
Rent paid$1,117$868
Cost of living90.188.3
Income$72,389$60,798
Property tax1.19%0.51%
Income tax4.25%4.82%
Sales tax6.00%6.60%
Electric bill$131$167
Temperature48.9°F53.9°F
Snowfall47.5 in22.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.913.7
Bachelor's or higher33.3%24.4%
Crime rate434249
Commute24.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.0%4.2%
Population change+0.5%-1.5%
Wildfire risk39.841.2
Flood risk84.679.2
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.