Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 7 of them and Kentucky on 8, 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.
MeasureIdahoKentucky
Home price$482,199$235,363
Rent paid$1,251$957
Cost of living99.992.5
Income$81,166$64,526
Property tax0.50%0.74%
Income tax5.30%3.50%
Sales tax6.03%6.00%
Electric bill$112$155
Temperature50.2°F56.9°F
Snowfall17.8 in13.4 in
Precipitation17.4 in57.0 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.415.6
Bachelor's or higher33.0%27.9%
Crime rate231213
Commute22.2 min24.5 min
Unemployment3.7%4.7%
Population change+10.4%+2.2%
Wildfire risk90.434.4
Flood risk69.570.4
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.