Arkansas vs Colorado
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 8 of them and Colorado 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.
MeasureArkansasColorado
Home price$228,662$543,435
Rent paid$938$1,727
Cost of living89.6102.7
Income$62,106$97,113
Property tax0.56%0.50%
Income tax3.90%4.40%
Sales tax9.48%7.89%
Electric bill$139$109
Temperature62.2°F49.7°F
Snowfall6.8 in39.1 in
Precipitation52.1 in15.8 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.616.6
Bachelor's or higher27.1%47.8%
Crime rate579476
Commute22.7 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.1%3.9%
Population change+3.4%+4.1%
Wildfire risk64.786.9
Flood risk72.385.4
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.