Kentucky vs Wyoming
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 4 of them and Wyoming on 11, 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.
MeasureKentuckyWyoming
Home price$235,363$372,526
Rent paid$957$1,010
Cost of living92.593.7
Income$64,526$75,532
Property tax0.74%0.53%
Income tax3.50%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%5.39%
Electric bill$155$115
Temperature56.9°F45.1°F
Snowfall13.4 in44.9 in
Precipitation57.0 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.612.5
Bachelor's or higher27.9%32.3%
Crime rate213203
Commute24.5 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.7%3.2%
Population change+2.2%+2.1%
Wildfire risk34.486.6
Flood risk70.454.1
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.