Virginia vs Washington
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Virginia comes out ahead on 10 of them and Washington on 5, 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.
MeasureVirginiaWashington
Home price$419,920$603,303
Rent paid$1,599$1,712
Cost of living100.8114.1
Income$92,090$99,389
Property tax0.78%0.75%
Income tax5.75%0.00%
Sales tax5.77%9.57%
Electric bill$173$130
Temperature57.6°F50°F
Snowfall11.3 in5.4 in
Precipitation40.8 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.24 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.018.3
Bachelor's or higher43.3%41.0%
Crime rate218326
Commute28.3 min27.2 min
Unemployment3.7%5.2%
Population change+2.9%+3.8%
Wildfire risk33.174.2
Flood risk67.291.4
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.