Kentucky vs North Carolina
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 10 of them and North Carolina on 5, 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.
MeasureKentuckyNorth Carolina
Home price$235,363$340,430
Rent paid$957$1,215
Cost of living92.597.8
Income$64,526$73,958
Property tax0.74%0.66%
Income tax3.50%3.99%
Sales tax6.00%7.10%
Electric bill$155$151
Temperature56.9°F60.3°F
Snowfall13.4 in2.3 in
Precipitation57.0 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.616.4
Bachelor's or higher27.9%37.1%
Crime rate213376
Commute24.5 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.7%3.6%
Population change+2.2%+7.2%
Wildfire risk34.453.8
Flood risk70.484.6
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.