Kansas vs Minnesota
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 Minnesota 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.
MeasureKansasMinnesota
Home price$252,794$356,887
Rent paid$1,051$1,272
Cost of living88.894.6
Income$75,514$87,117
Property tax1.21%1.00%
Income tax5.58%9.85%
Sales tax8.71%8.14%
Electric bill$131$119
Temperature56.7°F45.6°F
Snowfall17.2 in30.7 in
Precipitation33.5 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.615.7
Bachelor's or higher36.0%40.0%
Crime rate439257
Commute20.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.8%4.4%
Population change+1.3%+2.2%
Wildfire risk70.057.4
Flood risk69.479.3
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.