Arkansas vs Iowa
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 6 of them and Iowa on 9, 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.
MeasureArkansasIowa
Home price$228,662$241,255
Rent paid$938$957
Cost of living89.689.7
Income$62,106$75,501
Property tax0.56%1.33%
Income tax3.90%3.80%
Sales tax9.48%6.94%
Electric bill$139$119
Temperature62.2°F50.4°F
Snowfall6.8 in26.3 in
Precipitation52.1 in34.1 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.614.4
Bachelor's or higher27.1%32.1%
Crime rate579243
Commute22.7 min20.4 min
Unemployment4.1%3.2%
Population change+3.4%+1.5%
Wildfire risk64.745.3
Flood risk72.362.6
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.