Kansas vs Massachusetts
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 9 of them and Massachusetts on 6, 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.
MeasureKansasMassachusetts
Home price$252,794$672,867
Rent paid$1,051$1,788
Cost of living88.8141.2
Income$75,514$104,828
Property tax1.21%1.00%
Income tax5.58%9.00%
Sales tax8.71%6.25%
Electric bill$131$183
Temperature56.7°F50.1°F
Snowfall17.2 in29.5 in
Precipitation33.5 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.612.0
Bachelor's or higher36.0%48.3%
Crime rate439315
Commute20.0 min30.6 min
Unemployment3.8%4.4%
Population change+1.3%+1.7%
Wildfire risk70.051.0
Flood risk69.494.7
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.