North Dakota 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 Dakota comes out ahead on 7 of them and West Virginia on 8, 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 DakotaWest Virginia
Home price$293,556$182,704
Rent paid$931$868
Cost of living91.488.3
Income$77,871$60,798
Property tax0.92%0.51%
Income tax2.50%4.82%
Sales tax7.09%6.60%
Electric bill$133$167
Temperature42.4°F53.9°F
Snowfall23.0 in22.9 in
Precipitation20.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.76 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.713.7
Bachelor's or higher34.0%24.4%
Crime rate254249
Commute17.5 min26.5 min
Unemployment2.3%4.2%
Population change+2.6%-1.5%
Wildfire risk65.141.2
Flood risk49.279.2
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.