Kentucky vs North Dakota
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 6 of them and North Dakota on 9, 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 Dakota
Home price$235,363$293,556
Rent paid$957$931
Cost of living92.591.4
Income$64,526$77,871
Property tax0.74%0.92%
Income tax3.50%2.50%
Sales tax6.00%7.09%
Electric bill$155$133
Temperature56.9°F42.4°F
Snowfall13.4 in23.0 in
Precipitation57.0 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.611.7
Bachelor's or higher27.9%34.0%
Crime rate213254
Commute24.5 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.7%2.3%
Population change+2.2%+2.6%
Wildfire risk34.465.1
Flood risk70.449.2
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.