Indiana 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.
Indiana 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.
MeasureIndianaKansas
Home price$262,265$252,794
Rent paid$1,063$1,051
Cost of living9188.8
Income$71,959$75,514
Property tax0.76%1.21%
Income tax2.95%5.58%
Sales tax7.00%8.71%
Electric bill$160$131
Temperature52.6°F56.7°F
Snowfall26.8 in17.2 in
Precipitation38.0 in33.5 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.513.6
Bachelor's or higher30.7%36.0%
Crime rate313439
Commute24.6 min20.0 min
Unemployment3.3%3.8%
Population change+2.8%+1.3%
Wildfire risk24.670.0
Flood risk75.869.4
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.