West 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.
West Virginia comes out ahead on 5 of them and Wyoming on 10, 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.
MeasureWest VirginiaWyoming
Home price$182,704$372,526
Rent paid$868$1,010
Cost of living88.393.7
Income$60,798$75,532
Property tax0.51%0.53%
Income tax4.82%0.00%
Sales tax6.60%5.39%
Electric bill$167$115
Temperature53.9°F45.1°F
Snowfall22.9 in44.9 in
Precipitation44.0 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.96 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.712.5
Bachelor's or higher24.4%32.3%
Crime rate249203
Commute26.5 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.2%3.2%
Population change-1.5%+2.1%
Wildfire risk41.286.6
Flood risk79.254.1
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.