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Kansas vs New York

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

Kansas comes out ahead on 5 of them and New York on 2, 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.

MeasureKansasNew York
Typical home value$246,055$524,942
Home price-to-income3.3×6.1×
Household income$75,514$85,820
Property tax1.21%1.30%
Income tax5.58%10.90%
Sales tax8.71%8.54%
Temperature56.7°F52.4°F
Population2,970,60619,867,248
Cost of living88.8125.1

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.