Kansas vs Michigan
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 Michigan on 5, 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.
MeasureKansasMichigan
Home price$252,794$269,972
Rent paid$1,051$1,117
Cost of living88.890.1
Income$75,514$72,389
Property tax1.21%1.19%
Income tax5.58%4.25%
Sales tax8.71%6.00%
Electric bill$131$131
Temperature56.7°F48.9°F
Snowfall17.2 in47.5 in
Precipitation33.5 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.616.9
Bachelor's or higher36.0%33.3%
Crime rate439434
Commute20.0 min24.3 min
Unemployment3.8%5.0%
Population change+1.3%+0.5%
Wildfire risk70.039.8
Flood risk69.484.6
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.