Missouri 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.
Missouri comes out ahead on 7 of them and West Virginia on 8, 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.
MeasureMissouriWest Virginia
Home price$271,597$182,704
Rent paid$1,030$868
Cost of living8988.3
Income$71,589$60,798
Property tax0.89%0.51%
Income tax4.70%4.82%
Sales tax8.44%6.60%
Electric bill$145$167
Temperature56.9°F53.9°F
Snowfall14.0 in22.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.013.7
Bachelor's or higher33.5%24.4%
Crime rate462249
Commute24.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.7%4.2%
Population change+1.9%-1.5%
Wildfire risk54.041.2
Flood risk79.479.2
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.