North Carolina vs West 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 2 of them and West Virginia on 5, 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
Typical home value$332,159$176,576
Home price-to-income4.5×2.9×
Household income$73,958$60,798
Property tax0.66%0.51%
Income tax3.99%4.82%
Sales tax7.10%6.60%
Temperature60.3°F53.9°F
Population11,046,0241,769,979
Cost of living97.888.3
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.