New York 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 York comes out ahead on 4 of them and West Virginia on 11, 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 YorkWest Virginia
Home price$525,947$182,704
Rent paid$1,671$868
Cost of living125.188.3
Income$85,820$60,798
Property tax1.30%0.51%
Income tax10.90%4.82%
Sales tax8.54%6.60%
Electric bill$164$167
Temperature52.4°F53.9°F
Snowfall39.2 in22.9 in
Precipitation37.2 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.613.7
Bachelor's or higher41.2%24.4%
Crime rate380249
Commute33.2 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.6%4.2%
Population change-1.0%-1.5%
Wildfire risk34.841.2
Flood risk94.679.2
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.