Ohio 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.
Ohio comes out ahead on 7 of them and 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.
MeasureOhioVirginia
Home price$251,502$419,920
Rent paid$1,030$1,599
Cost of living94.3100.8
Income$72,212$92,090
Property tax1.36%0.78%
Income tax2.75%5.75%
Sales tax7.29%5.77%
Electric bill$158$173
Temperature52°F57.6°F
Snowfall25.7 in11.3 in
Precipitation39.1 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.314.0
Bachelor's or higher32.4%43.3%
Crime rate294218
Commute23.8 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.6%3.7%
Population change+0.9%+2.9%
Wildfire risk36.733.1
Flood risk84.967.2
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.