Utah 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.
Utah 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.
MeasureUtahVirginia
Home price$541,692$419,920
Rent paid$1,489$1,599
Cost of living102.2100.8
Income$96,658$92,090
Property tax0.48%0.78%
Income tax4.50%5.75%
Sales tax7.42%5.77%
Electric bill$102$173
Temperature51.6°F57.6°F
Snowfall65.6 in11.3 in
Precipitation17.3 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.78 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.914.0
Bachelor's or higher39.1%43.3%
Crime rate230218
Commute23.2 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.6%3.7%
Population change+8.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk95.333.1
Flood risk74.667.2
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.