Kentucky vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureKentuckyUtah
Home price$235,363$541,692
Rent paid$957$1,489
Cost of living92.5102.2
Income$64,526$96,658
Property tax0.74%0.48%
Income tax3.50%4.50%
Sales tax6.00%7.42%
Electric bill$155$102
Temperature56.9°F51.6°F
Snowfall13.4 in65.6 in
Precipitation57.0 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.621.9
Bachelor's or higher27.9%39.1%
Crime rate213230
Commute24.5 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.7%3.6%
Population change+2.2%+8.2%
Wildfire risk34.495.3
Flood risk70.474.6
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.