Alabama vs Arkansas
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 8 of them and Arkansas on 7, 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.
MeasureAlabamaArkansas
Home price$241,517$228,662
Rent paid$1,008$938
Cost of living88.689.6
Income$66,659$62,106
Property tax0.37%0.56%
Income tax5.00%3.90%
Sales tax9.46%9.48%
Electric bill$185$139
Temperature64.2°F62.2°F
Snowfall2.0 in6.8 in
Precipitation52.3 in52.1 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.42 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.212.6
Bachelor's or higher29.9%27.1%
Crime rate360579
Commute26.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.2%4.1%
Population change+3.3%+3.4%
Wildfire risk62.564.7
Flood risk83.372.3
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.