Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 5 of them and 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.
MeasureMinnesotaVirginia
Home price$356,887$419,920
Rent paid$1,272$1,599
Cost of living94.6100.8
Income$87,117$92,090
Property tax1.00%0.78%
Income tax9.85%5.75%
Sales tax8.14%5.77%
Electric bill$119$173
Temperature45.6°F57.6°F
Snowfall30.7 in11.3 in
Precipitation30.4 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.714.0
Bachelor's or higher40.0%43.3%
Crime rate257218
Commute22.7 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change+2.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk57.433.1
Flood risk79.367.2
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.