Kansas vs North Dakota
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 4 of them and North Dakota on 11, 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 Dakota
Home price$252,794$293,556
Rent paid$1,051$931
Cost of living88.891.4
Income$75,514$77,871
Property tax1.21%0.92%
Income tax5.58%2.50%
Sales tax8.71%7.09%
Electric bill$131$133
Temperature56.7°F42.4°F
Snowfall17.2 in23.0 in
Precipitation33.5 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.611.7
Bachelor's or higher36.0%34.0%
Crime rate439254
Commute20.0 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.8%2.3%
Population change+1.3%+2.6%
Wildfire risk70.065.1
Flood risk69.449.2
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.