Kansas vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureKansasOhio
Home price$252,794$251,502
Rent paid$1,051$1,030
Cost of living88.894.3
Income$75,514$72,212
Property tax1.21%1.36%
Income tax5.58%2.75%
Sales tax8.71%7.29%
Electric bill$131$158
Temperature56.7°F52°F
Snowfall17.2 in25.7 in
Precipitation33.5 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.617.3
Bachelor's or higher36.0%32.4%
Crime rate439294
Commute20.0 min23.8 min
Unemployment3.8%3.6%
Population change+1.3%+0.9%
Wildfire risk70.036.7
Flood risk69.484.9
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.