Kansas vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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.
MeasureKansasNorth Carolina
Home price$252,794$340,430
Rent paid$1,051$1,215
Cost of living88.897.8
Income$75,514$73,958
Property tax1.21%0.66%
Income tax5.58%3.99%
Sales tax8.71%7.10%
Electric bill$131$151
Temperature56.7°F60.3°F
Snowfall17.2 in2.3 in
Precipitation33.5 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.616.4
Bachelor's or higher36.0%37.1%
Crime rate439376
Commute20.0 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.8%3.6%
Population change+1.3%+7.2%
Wildfire risk70.053.8
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.