Virginia 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.
Virginia comes out ahead on 7 of them and West Virginia on 8, 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.
MeasureVirginiaWest Virginia
Home price$419,920$182,704
Rent paid$1,599$868
Cost of living100.888.3
Income$92,090$60,798
Property tax0.78%0.51%
Income tax5.75%4.82%
Sales tax5.77%6.60%
Electric bill$173$167
Temperature57.6°F53.9°F
Snowfall11.3 in22.9 in
Precipitation40.8 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.24 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.013.7
Bachelor's or higher43.3%24.4%
Crime rate218249
Commute28.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.7%4.2%
Population change+2.9%-1.5%
Wildfire risk33.141.2
Flood risk67.279.2
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.