Kentucky vs Texas
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 9 of them and Texas 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.
MeasureKentuckyTexas
Home price$235,363$302,999
Rent paid$957$1,386
Cost of living92.592.1
Income$64,526$79,721
Property tax0.74%1.40%
Income tax3.50%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%8.20%
Electric bill$155$174
Temperature56.9°F69.7°F
Snowfall13.4 in1.0 in
Precipitation57.0 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.615.1
Bachelor's or higher27.9%35.2%
Crime rate213389
Commute24.5 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.7%4.4%
Population change+2.2%+8.8%
Wildfire risk34.483.5
Flood risk70.489.2
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.