Texas 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.
Texas comes out ahead on 3 of them and West Virginia on 12, 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.
MeasureTexasWest Virginia
Home price$302,999$182,704
Rent paid$1,386$868
Cost of living92.188.3
Income$79,721$60,798
Property tax1.40%0.51%
Income tax0.00%4.82%
Sales tax8.20%6.60%
Electric bill$174$167
Temperature69.7°F53.9°F
Snowfall1.0 in22.9 in
Precipitation33.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.77 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.113.7
Bachelor's or higher35.2%24.4%
Crime rate389249
Commute27.5 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.2%
Population change+8.8%-1.5%
Wildfire risk83.541.2
Flood risk89.279.2
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.