Missouri 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.
Missouri comes out ahead on 8 of them and 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.
MeasureMissouriVirginia
Home price$271,597$419,920
Rent paid$1,030$1,599
Cost of living89100.8
Income$71,589$92,090
Property tax0.89%0.78%
Income tax4.70%5.75%
Sales tax8.44%5.77%
Electric bill$145$173
Temperature56.9°F57.6°F
Snowfall14.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation37.4 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.014.0
Bachelor's or higher33.5%43.3%
Crime rate462218
Commute24.0 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.7%3.7%
Population change+1.9%+2.9%
Wildfire risk54.033.1
Flood risk79.467.2
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.