Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania comes out ahead on 6 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaVirginia
Home price$294,099$419,920
Rent paid$1,224$1,599
Cost of living97.2100.8
Income$77,545$92,090
Property tax1.26%0.78%
Income tax3.07%5.75%
Sales tax6.34%5.77%
Electric bill$173$173
Temperature52°F57.6°F
Snowfall21.7 in11.3 in
Precipitation39.6 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.514.0
Bachelor's or higher36.4%43.3%
Crime rate246218
Commute27.1 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.1%3.7%
Population change+0.4%+2.9%
Wildfire risk38.733.1
Flood risk92.367.2
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.