Kentucky vs Minnesota
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 11 of them and Minnesota on 4, 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.
MeasureKentuckyMinnesota
Home price$235,363$356,887
Rent paid$957$1,272
Cost of living92.594.6
Income$64,526$87,117
Property tax0.74%1.00%
Income tax3.50%9.85%
Sales tax6.00%8.14%
Electric bill$155$119
Temperature56.9°F45.6°F
Snowfall13.4 in30.7 in
Precipitation57.0 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.615.7
Bachelor's or higher27.9%40.0%
Crime rate213257
Commute24.5 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.7%4.4%
Population change+2.2%+2.2%
Wildfire risk34.457.4
Flood risk70.479.3
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.