Kansas vs Maine
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 7 of them and Maine 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.
MeasureKansasMaine
Home price$252,794$424,107
Rent paid$1,051$1,169
Cost of living88.8113
Income$75,514$76,442
Property tax1.21%0.98%
Income tax5.58%7.15%
Sales tax8.71%5.50%
Electric bill$131$155
Temperature56.7°F44.8°F
Snowfall17.2 in66.8 in
Precipitation33.5 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.611.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%37.1%
Crime rate439100
Commute20.0 min25.6 min
Unemployment3.8%3.1%
Population change+1.3%+3.8%
Wildfire risk70.032.3
Flood risk69.467.1
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.