Kansas 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.
Kansas comes out ahead on 8 of them and Kentucky 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.
MeasureKansasKentucky
Home price$252,794$235,363
Rent paid$1,051$957
Cost of living88.892.5
Income$75,514$64,526
Property tax1.21%0.74%
Income tax5.58%3.50%
Sales tax8.71%6.00%
Electric bill$131$155
Temperature56.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall17.2 in13.4 in
Precipitation33.5 in57.0 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.615.6
Bachelor's or higher36.0%27.9%
Crime rate439213
Commute20.0 min24.5 min
Unemployment3.8%4.7%
Population change+1.3%+2.2%
Wildfire risk70.034.4
Flood risk69.470.4
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.