Arizona vs Kansas
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 6 of them and Kansas on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaKansas
Home price$422,822$252,794
Rent paid$1,518$1,051
Cost of living110.788.8
Income$81,486$75,514
Property tax0.48%1.21%
Income tax2.50%5.58%
Sales tax8.54%8.71%
Electric bill$161$131
Temperature70.7°F56.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in17.2 in
Precipitation9.0 in33.5 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.913.6
Bachelor's or higher34.7%36.0%
Crime rate422439
Commute26.4 min20.0 min
Unemployment4.9%3.8%
Population change+6.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk98.270.0
Flood risk98.369.4
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.