Utah 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.
Utah comes out ahead on 9 of them and West Virginia on 6, 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.
MeasureUtahWest Virginia
Home price$541,692$182,704
Rent paid$1,489$868
Cost of living102.288.3
Income$96,658$60,798
Property tax0.48%0.51%
Income tax4.50%4.82%
Sales tax7.42%6.60%
Electric bill$102$167
Temperature51.6°F53.9°F
Snowfall65.6 in22.9 in
Precipitation17.3 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.78 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.913.7
Bachelor's or higher39.1%24.4%
Crime rate230249
Commute23.2 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.6%4.2%
Population change+8.2%-1.5%
Wildfire risk95.341.2
Flood risk74.679.2
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.