Kansas vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureKansasVirginia
Home price$252,794$419,920
Rent paid$1,051$1,599
Cost of living88.8100.8
Income$75,514$92,090
Property tax1.21%0.78%
Income tax5.58%5.75%
Sales tax8.71%5.77%
Electric bill$131$173
Temperature56.7°F57.6°F
Snowfall17.2 in11.3 in
Precipitation33.5 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.614.0
Bachelor's or higher36.0%43.3%
Crime rate439218
Commute20.0 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.8%3.7%
Population change+1.3%+2.9%
Wildfire risk70.033.1
Flood risk69.467.2
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.