North Dakota 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 Dakota 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 DakotaVirginia
Home price$293,556$419,920
Rent paid$931$1,599
Cost of living91.4100.8
Income$77,871$92,090
Property tax0.92%0.78%
Income tax2.50%5.75%
Sales tax7.09%5.77%
Electric bill$133$173
Temperature42.4°F57.6°F
Snowfall23.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation20.1 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.76 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.714.0
Bachelor's or higher34.0%43.3%
Crime rate254218
Commute17.5 min28.3 min
Unemployment2.3%3.7%
Population change+2.6%+2.9%
Wildfire risk65.133.1
Flood risk49.267.2
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.