Ohio 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.
Ohio comes out ahead on 6 of them and West Virginia on 9, 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.
MeasureOhioWest Virginia
Home price$251,502$182,704
Rent paid$1,030$868
Cost of living94.388.3
Income$72,212$60,798
Property tax1.36%0.51%
Income tax2.75%4.82%
Sales tax7.29%6.60%
Electric bill$158$167
Temperature52°F53.9°F
Snowfall25.7 in22.9 in
Precipitation39.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.313.7
Bachelor's or higher32.4%24.4%
Crime rate294249
Commute23.8 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.6%4.2%
Population change+0.9%-1.5%
Wildfire risk36.741.2
Flood risk84.979.2
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.