Virginia vs Wyoming
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 2 of them and Wyoming on 13, 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.
MeasureVirginiaWyoming
Home price$419,920$372,526
Rent paid$1,599$1,010
Cost of living100.893.7
Income$92,090$75,532
Property tax0.78%0.53%
Income tax5.75%0.00%
Sales tax5.77%5.39%
Electric bill$173$115
Temperature57.6°F45.1°F
Snowfall11.3 in44.9 in
Precipitation40.8 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.24 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.012.5
Bachelor's or higher43.3%32.3%
Crime rate218203
Commute28.3 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.7%3.2%
Population change+2.9%+2.1%
Wildfire risk33.186.6
Flood risk67.254.1
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.