Arkansas vs Indiana
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 Indiana 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.
MeasureArkansasIndiana
Home price$228,662$262,265
Rent paid$938$1,063
Cost of living89.691
Income$62,106$71,959
Property tax0.56%0.76%
Income tax3.90%2.95%
Sales tax9.48%7.00%
Electric bill$139$160
Temperature62.2°F52.6°F
Snowfall6.8 in26.8 in
Precipitation52.1 in38.0 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.615.5
Bachelor's or higher27.1%30.7%
Crime rate579313
Commute22.7 min24.6 min
Unemployment4.1%3.3%
Population change+3.4%+2.8%
Wildfire risk64.724.6
Flood risk72.375.8
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.