Kentucky vs Louisiana
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Kentucky comes out ahead on 8 of them and Louisiana 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.
MeasureKentuckyLouisiana
Home price$235,363$217,968
Rent paid$957$1,056
Cost of living92.592.3
Income$64,526$60,986
Property tax0.74%0.55%
Income tax3.50%3.00%
Sales tax6.00%10.13%
Electric bill$155$157
Temperature56.9°F69.3°F
Snowfall13.4 in0.8 in
Precipitation57.0 in54.0 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.613.9
Bachelor's or higher27.9%27.8%
Crime rate213520
Commute24.5 min26.2 min
Unemployment4.7%4.4%
Population change+2.2%-0.9%
Wildfire risk34.448.0
Flood risk70.480.1
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.