New Hampshire 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.
New Hampshire 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.
MeasureNew HampshireWest Virginia
Home price$522,944$182,704
Rent paid$1,488$868
Cost of living111.488.3
Income$99,782$60,798
Property tax1.50%0.51%
Income tax0.00%4.82%
Sales tax0.00%6.60%
Electric bill$168$167
Temperature46.7°F53.9°F
Snowfall50.6 in22.9 in
Precipitation40.2 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.78 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.413.7
Bachelor's or higher41.5%24.4%
Crime rate110249
Commute27.5 min26.5 min
Unemployment2.9%4.2%
Population change+2.7%-1.5%
Wildfire risk45.241.2
Flood risk85.579.2
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.