North Dakota vs West Virginia
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyNorth Dakota 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 DakotaWest Virginia
Typical home value$290,657$176,576
Home price-to-income3.7×2.9×
Household income$77,871$60,798
Property tax0.92%0.51%
Income tax2.50%4.82%
Sales tax7.09%6.60%
Temperature42.4°F53.9°F
Population796,5681,769,979
Cost of living91.488.3
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.