Kentucky vs Tennessee
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 Tennessee on 6, 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.
MeasureKentuckyTennessee
Home price$235,363$338,769
Rent paid$957$1,171
Cost of living92.590.3
Income$64,526$71,997
Property tax0.74%0.52%
Income tax3.50%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%9.61%
Electric bill$155$163
Temperature56.9°F60.1°F
Snowfall13.4 in4.8 in
Precipitation57.0 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher27.9%32.4%
Crime rate213592
Commute24.5 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.7%3.5%
Population change+2.2%+5.8%
Wildfire risk34.448.1
Flood risk70.476.4
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.