Indiana 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.
Indiana comes out ahead on 6 of them and Kentucky 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.
MeasureIndianaKentucky
Home price$262,265$235,363
Rent paid$1,063$957
Cost of living9192.5
Income$71,959$64,526
Property tax0.76%0.74%
Income tax2.95%3.50%
Sales tax7.00%6.00%
Electric bill$160$155
Temperature52.6°F56.9°F
Snowfall26.8 in13.4 in
Precipitation38.0 in57.0 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.515.6
Bachelor's or higher30.7%27.9%
Crime rate313213
Commute24.6 min24.5 min
Unemployment3.3%4.7%
Population change+2.8%+2.2%
Wildfire risk24.634.4
Flood risk75.870.4
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.