Arkansas vs Arizona
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arkansas comes out ahead on 9 of them and Arizona 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.
MeasureArkansasArizona
Home price$228,662$422,822
Rent paid$938$1,518
Cost of living89.6110.7
Income$62,106$81,486
Property tax0.56%0.48%
Income tax3.90%2.50%
Sales tax9.48%8.54%
Electric bill$139$161
Temperature62.2°F70.7°F
Snowfall6.8 in2.0 in
Precipitation52.1 in9.0 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²5.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.617.9
Bachelor's or higher27.1%34.7%
Crime rate579422
Commute22.7 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.1%4.9%
Population change+3.4%+6.5%
Wildfire risk64.798.2
Flood risk72.398.3
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.