Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 3 of them and West Virginia on 12, 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.
MeasureMinnesotaWest Virginia
Home price$356,887$182,704
Rent paid$1,272$868
Cost of living94.688.3
Income$87,117$60,798
Property tax1.00%0.51%
Income tax9.85%4.82%
Sales tax8.14%6.60%
Electric bill$119$167
Temperature45.6°F53.9°F
Snowfall30.7 in22.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.713.7
Bachelor's or higher40.0%24.4%
Crime rate257249
Commute22.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.2%
Population change+2.2%-1.5%
Wildfire risk57.441.2
Flood risk79.379.2
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.