Florida 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.
Florida comes out ahead on 3 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.
MeasureFloridaKentucky
Home price$378,126$235,363
Rent paid$1,644$957
Cost of living102.292.5
Income$77,735$64,526
Property tax0.78%0.74%
Income tax0.00%3.50%
Sales tax6.98%6.00%
Electric bill$169$155
Temperature74°F56.9°F
Snowfall0.2 in13.4 in
Precipitation43.3 in57.0 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.515.6
Bachelor's or higher35.8%27.9%
Crime rate267213
Commute28.9 min24.5 min
Unemployment4.7%4.7%
Population change+8.9%+2.2%
Wildfire risk92.834.4
Flood risk93.170.4
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.