Texas 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.
Texas comes out ahead on 6 of them and Virginia on 9, 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.
MeasureTexasVirginia
Home price$302,999$419,920
Rent paid$1,386$1,599
Cost of living92.1100.8
Income$79,721$92,090
Property tax1.40%0.78%
Income tax0.00%5.75%
Sales tax8.20%5.77%
Electric bill$174$173
Temperature69.7°F57.6°F
Snowfall1.0 in11.3 in
Precipitation33.1 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.77 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.114.0
Bachelor's or higher35.2%43.3%
Crime rate389218
Commute27.5 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change+8.8%+2.9%
Wildfire risk83.533.1
Flood risk89.267.2
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.