Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 7 of them and Kansas on 7, 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.
MeasureIdahoKansas
Home price$482,199$252,794
Rent paid$1,251$1,051
Cost of living99.988.8
Income$81,166$75,514
Property tax0.50%1.21%
Income tax5.30%5.58%
Sales tax6.03%8.71%
Electric bill$112$131
Temperature50.2°F56.7°F
Snowfall17.8 in17.2 in
Precipitation17.4 in33.5 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.6
Bachelor's or higher33.0%36.0%
Crime rate231439
Commute22.2 min20.0 min
Unemployment3.7%3.8%
Population change+10.4%+1.3%
Wildfire risk90.470.0
Flood risk69.569.4
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.