Kansas vs Pennsylvania
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 9 of them and Pennsylvania on 6, 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.
MeasureKansasPennsylvania
Home price$252,794$294,099
Rent paid$1,051$1,224
Cost of living88.897.2
Income$75,514$77,545
Property tax1.21%1.26%
Income tax5.58%3.07%
Sales tax8.71%6.34%
Electric bill$131$173
Temperature56.7°F52°F
Snowfall17.2 in21.7 in
Precipitation33.5 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.613.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%36.4%
Crime rate439246
Commute20.0 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.8%4.1%
Population change+1.3%+0.4%
Wildfire risk70.038.7
Flood risk69.492.3
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.