Florida 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.
Florida 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.
MeasureFloridaKansas
Home price$378,126$252,794
Rent paid$1,644$1,051
Cost of living102.288.8
Income$77,735$75,514
Property tax0.78%1.21%
Income tax0.00%5.58%
Sales tax6.98%8.71%
Electric bill$169$131
Temperature74°F56.7°F
Snowfall0.2 in17.2 in
Precipitation43.3 in33.5 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.513.6
Bachelor's or higher35.8%36.0%
Crime rate267439
Commute28.9 min20.0 min
Unemployment4.7%3.8%
Population change+8.9%+1.3%
Wildfire risk92.870.0
Flood risk93.169.4
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.