Kansas vs West 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 7 of them and West Virginia 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.
MeasureKansasWest Virginia
Home price$252,794$182,704
Rent paid$1,051$868
Cost of living88.888.3
Income$75,514$60,798
Property tax1.21%0.51%
Income tax5.58%4.82%
Sales tax8.71%6.60%
Electric bill$131$167
Temperature56.7°F53.9°F
Snowfall17.2 in22.9 in
Precipitation33.5 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.613.7
Bachelor's or higher36.0%24.4%
Crime rate439249
Commute20.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.8%4.2%
Population change+1.3%-1.5%
Wildfire risk70.041.2
Flood risk69.479.2
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.