Oregon 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.
Oregon comes out ahead on 4 of them and West Virginia on 11, 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.
MeasureOregonWest Virginia
Home price$504,432$182,704
Rent paid$1,497$868
Cost of living111.888.3
Income$85,220$60,798
Property tax0.81%0.51%
Income tax9.90%4.82%
Sales tax0.00%6.60%
Electric bill$132$167
Temperature51.9°F53.9°F
Snowfall9.0 in22.9 in
Precipitation50.9 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.84 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.7
Bachelor's or higher37.8%24.4%
Crime rate331249
Commute23.2 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.2%4.2%
Population change+0.9%-1.5%
Wildfire risk70.741.2
Flood risk87.979.2
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.