Oklahoma 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.
Oklahoma comes out ahead on 7 of them and West Virginia on 7, 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.
MeasureOklahomaWest Virginia
Home price$225,437$182,704
Rent paid$1,002$868
Cost of living8688.3
Income$66,148$60,798
Property tax0.79%0.51%
Income tax4.50%4.82%
Sales tax9.06%6.60%
Electric bill$141$167
Temperature61.9°F53.9°F
Snowfall4.4 in22.9 in
Precipitation44.0 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.62 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.313.7
Bachelor's or higher29.3%24.4%
Crime rate423249
Commute22.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.2%4.2%
Population change+4.1%-1.5%
Wildfire risk86.941.2
Flood risk76.779.2
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.