Kansas vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureKansasMissouri
Home price$252,794$271,597
Rent paid$1,051$1,030
Cost of living88.889
Income$75,514$71,589
Property tax1.21%0.89%
Income tax5.58%4.70%
Sales tax8.71%8.44%
Electric bill$131$145
Temperature56.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall17.2 in14.0 in
Precipitation33.5 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.613.0
Bachelor's or higher36.0%33.5%
Crime rate439462
Commute20.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.8%3.7%
Population change+1.3%+1.9%
Wildfire risk70.054.0
Flood risk69.479.4
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.