New York 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 York comes out ahead on 2 of them and Virginia on 13, 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 YorkVirginia
Home price$525,947$419,920
Rent paid$1,671$1,599
Cost of living125.1100.8
Income$85,820$92,090
Property tax1.30%0.78%
Income tax10.90%5.75%
Sales tax8.54%5.77%
Electric bill$164$173
Temperature52.4°F57.6°F
Snowfall39.2 in11.3 in
Precipitation37.2 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.614.0
Bachelor's or higher41.2%43.3%
Crime rate380218
Commute33.2 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.6%3.7%
Population change-1.0%+2.9%
Wildfire risk34.833.1
Flood risk94.667.2
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.