Kansas vs Wyoming
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 3 of them and Wyoming on 11, 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.
MeasureKansasWyoming
Home price$252,794$372,526
Rent paid$1,051$1,010
Cost of living88.893.7
Income$75,514$75,532
Property tax1.21%0.53%
Income tax5.58%0.00%
Sales tax8.71%5.39%
Electric bill$131$115
Temperature56.7°F45.1°F
Snowfall17.2 in44.9 in
Precipitation33.5 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.612.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%32.3%
Crime rate439203
Commute20.0 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.8%3.2%
Population change+1.3%+2.1%
Wildfire risk70.086.6
Flood risk69.454.1
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.