Tennessee 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.
Tennessee comes out ahead on 9 of them and Virginia on 5, 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.
MeasureTennesseeVirginia
Home price$338,769$419,920
Rent paid$1,171$1,599
Cost of living90.3100.8
Income$71,997$92,090
Property tax0.52%0.78%
Income tax0.00%5.75%
Sales tax9.61%5.77%
Electric bill$163$173
Temperature60.1°F57.6°F
Snowfall4.8 in11.3 in
Precipitation53.3 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.30 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher32.4%43.3%
Crime rate592218
Commute26.5 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.5%3.7%
Population change+5.8%+2.9%
Wildfire risk48.133.1
Flood risk76.467.2
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.