Kansas vs Oregon
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 11 of them and Oregon on 4, 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.
MeasureKansasOregon
Home price$252,794$504,432
Rent paid$1,051$1,497
Cost of living88.8111.8
Income$75,514$85,220
Property tax1.21%0.81%
Income tax5.58%9.90%
Sales tax8.71%0.00%
Electric bill$131$132
Temperature56.7°F51.9°F
Snowfall17.2 in9.0 in
Precipitation33.5 in50.9 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.618.4
Bachelor's or higher36.0%37.8%
Crime rate439331
Commute20.0 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.8%5.2%
Population change+1.3%+0.9%
Wildfire risk70.070.7
Flood risk69.487.9
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.