North Carolina
Moderate tax burden · COL index 94
Wins 7 categories
Virginia
Moderate tax burden · COL index 102
Wins 7 categories
Virginia's top income tax rate is 5.75% vs North Carolina's 4.5%. Politically, North Carolina voted Republican in 2024 (R+3.0) while Virginia went Democratic (D+3.0).
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In the four presidential elections since 2008, Indiana and North Carolina went back to supporting Republicans. Virginia has continued voting for the Democratic presidential nominees (as well as increasingly electing Democrats at the state level), leading to its being reclassified as a blue state in recent years.