South Dakota 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.
South Dakota comes out ahead on 8 of them and 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.
MeasureSouth DakotaVirginia
Home price$325,618$419,920
Rent paid$941$1,599
Cost of living91.9100.8
Income$76,881$92,090
Property tax1.00%0.78%
Income tax0.00%5.75%
Sales tax6.11%5.77%
Electric bill$138$173
Temperature47.4°F57.6°F
Snowfall29.7 in11.3 in
Precipitation23.7 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.08 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.214.0
Bachelor's or higher34.2%43.3%
Crime rate362218
Commute18.5 min28.3 min
Unemployment2.0%3.7%
Population change+5.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk75.533.1
Flood risk54.567.2
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.