Kansas vs Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma 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.
MeasureKansasOklahoma
Home price$252,794$225,437
Rent paid$1,051$1,002
Cost of living88.886
Income$75,514$66,148
Property tax1.21%0.79%
Income tax5.58%4.50%
Sales tax8.71%9.06%
Electric bill$131$141
Temperature56.7°F61.9°F
Snowfall17.2 in4.4 in
Precipitation33.5 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.616.3
Bachelor's or higher36.0%29.3%
Crime rate439423
Commute20.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.8%4.2%
Population change+1.3%+4.1%
Wildfire risk70.086.9
Flood risk69.476.7
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.