Kentucky vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureKentuckyMissouri
Home price$235,363$271,597
Rent paid$957$1,030
Cost of living92.589
Income$64,526$71,589
Property tax0.74%0.89%
Income tax3.50%4.70%
Sales tax6.00%8.44%
Electric bill$155$145
Temperature56.9°F56.9°F
Snowfall13.4 in14.0 in
Precipitation57.0 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.613.0
Bachelor's or higher27.9%33.5%
Crime rate213462
Commute24.5 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.7%3.7%
Population change+2.2%+1.9%
Wildfire risk34.454.0
Flood risk70.479.4
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.