Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania comes out ahead on 7 of them and West 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaWest Virginia
Home price$294,099$182,704
Rent paid$1,224$868
Cost of living97.288.3
Income$77,545$60,798
Property tax1.26%0.51%
Income tax3.07%4.82%
Sales tax6.34%6.60%
Electric bill$173$167
Temperature52°F53.9°F
Snowfall21.7 in22.9 in
Precipitation39.6 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.513.7
Bachelor's or higher36.4%24.4%
Crime rate246249
Commute27.1 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.1%4.2%
Population change+0.4%-1.5%
Wildfire risk38.741.2
Flood risk92.379.2
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.