Kansas vs Tennessee
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 10 of them and Tennessee 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.
MeasureKansasTennessee
Home price$252,794$338,769
Rent paid$1,051$1,171
Cost of living88.890.3
Income$75,514$71,997
Property tax1.21%0.52%
Income tax5.58%0.00%
Sales tax8.71%9.61%
Electric bill$131$163
Temperature56.7°F60.1°F
Snowfall17.2 in4.8 in
Precipitation33.5 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher36.0%32.4%
Crime rate439592
Commute20.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.8%3.5%
Population change+1.3%+5.8%
Wildfire risk70.048.1
Flood risk69.476.4
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.