North Carolina vs Virginia
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyNorth Carolina comes out ahead on 4 of them and Virginia on 2, 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaVirginia
Typical home value$332,159$412,252
Home price-to-income4.5×4.5×
Household income$73,958$92,090
Property tax0.66%0.78%
Income tax3.99%5.75%
Sales tax7.10%5.77%
Temperature60.3°F57.6°F
Population11,046,0248,811,195
Cost of living97.8100.8
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.