Nevada 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.
Nevada 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.
MeasureNevadaWest Virginia
Home price$448,215$182,704
Rent paid$1,580$868
Cost of living100.288.3
Income$81,134$60,798
Property tax0.50%0.51%
Income tax0.00%4.82%
Sales tax8.24%6.60%
Electric bill$117$167
Temperature62.8°F53.9°F
Snowfall1.7 in22.9 in
Precipitation8.6 in44.0 in
Sunshine5.55 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher20.013.7
Bachelor's or higher28.5%24.4%
Crime rate402249
Commute25.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.1%4.2%
Population change+5.7%-1.5%
Wildfire risk98.141.2
Flood risk93.979.2
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.