North Carolina 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.
North Carolina 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaVirginia
Home price$340,430$419,920
Rent paid$1,215$1,599
Cost of living97.8100.8
Income$73,958$92,090
Property tax0.66%0.78%
Income tax3.99%5.75%
Sales tax7.10%5.77%
Electric bill$151$173
Temperature60.3°F57.6°F
Snowfall2.3 in11.3 in
Precipitation42.5 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.414.0
Bachelor's or higher37.1%43.3%
Crime rate376218
Commute25.7 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.6%3.7%
Population change+7.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk53.833.1
Flood risk84.667.2
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.