New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire comes out ahead on 9 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.
MeasureNew HampshireVirginia
Home price$522,944$419,920
Rent paid$1,488$1,599
Cost of living111.4100.8
Income$99,782$92,090
Property tax1.50%0.78%
Income tax0.00%5.75%
Sales tax0.00%5.77%
Electric bill$168$173
Temperature46.7°F57.6°F
Snowfall50.6 in11.3 in
Precipitation40.2 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.414.0
Bachelor's or higher41.5%43.3%
Crime rate110218
Commute27.5 min28.3 min
Unemployment2.9%3.7%
Population change+2.7%+2.9%
Wildfire risk45.233.1
Flood risk85.567.2
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.