Arizona vs Kentucky
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 4 of them and Kentucky on 11, 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.
MeasureArizonaKentucky
Home price$422,822$235,363
Rent paid$1,518$957
Cost of living110.792.5
Income$81,486$64,526
Property tax0.48%0.74%
Income tax2.50%3.50%
Sales tax8.54%6.00%
Electric bill$161$155
Temperature70.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in13.4 in
Precipitation9.0 in57.0 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.915.6
Bachelor's or higher34.7%27.9%
Crime rate422213
Commute26.4 min24.5 min
Unemployment4.9%4.7%
Population change+6.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk98.234.4
Flood risk98.370.4
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.