Washington 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.
Washington comes out ahead on 3 of them and West Virginia on 12, 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.
MeasureWashingtonWest Virginia
Home price$603,303$182,704
Rent paid$1,712$868
Cost of living114.188.3
Income$99,389$60,798
Property tax0.75%0.51%
Income tax0.00%4.82%
Sales tax9.57%6.60%
Electric bill$130$167
Temperature50°F53.9°F
Snowfall5.4 in22.9 in
Precipitation56.5 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.56 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.313.7
Bachelor's or higher41.0%24.4%
Crime rate326249
Commute27.2 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.2%4.2%
Population change+3.8%-1.5%
Wildfire risk74.241.2
Flood risk91.479.2
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.