North Carolina 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.
North Carolina 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaWest Virginia
Home price$340,430$182,704
Rent paid$1,215$868
Cost of living97.888.3
Income$73,958$60,798
Property tax0.66%0.51%
Income tax3.99%4.82%
Sales tax7.10%6.60%
Electric bill$151$167
Temperature60.3°F53.9°F
Snowfall2.3 in22.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.413.7
Bachelor's or higher37.1%24.4%
Crime rate376249
Commute25.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.6%4.2%
Population change+7.2%-1.5%
Wildfire risk53.841.2
Flood risk84.679.2
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.