Kansas vs Utah
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 7 of them and Utah on 8, 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.
MeasureKansasUtah
Home price$252,794$541,692
Rent paid$1,051$1,489
Cost of living88.8102.2
Income$75,514$96,658
Property tax1.21%0.48%
Income tax5.58%4.50%
Sales tax8.71%7.42%
Electric bill$131$102
Temperature56.7°F51.6°F
Snowfall17.2 in65.6 in
Precipitation33.5 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.621.9
Bachelor's or higher36.0%39.1%
Crime rate439230
Commute20.0 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.8%3.6%
Population change+1.3%+8.2%
Wildfire risk70.095.3
Flood risk69.474.6
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.