Tennessee 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.
Tennessee comes out ahead on 6 of them and West 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.
MeasureTennesseeWest Virginia
Home price$338,769$182,704
Rent paid$1,171$868
Cost of living90.388.3
Income$71,997$60,798
Property tax0.52%0.51%
Income tax0.00%4.82%
Sales tax9.61%6.60%
Electric bill$163$167
Temperature60.1°F53.9°F
Snowfall4.8 in22.9 in
Precipitation53.3 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.30 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher32.4%24.4%
Crime rate592249
Commute26.5 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.5%4.2%
Population change+5.8%-1.5%
Wildfire risk48.141.2
Flood risk76.479.2
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.