Arkansas vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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.
MeasureArkansasKansas
Home price$228,662$252,794
Rent paid$938$1,051
Cost of living89.688.8
Income$62,106$75,514
Property tax0.56%1.21%
Income tax3.90%5.58%
Sales tax9.48%8.71%
Electric bill$139$131
Temperature62.2°F56.7°F
Snowfall6.8 in17.2 in
Precipitation52.1 in33.5 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.613.6
Bachelor's or higher27.1%36.0%
Crime rate579439
Commute22.7 min20.0 min
Unemployment4.1%3.8%
Population change+3.4%+1.3%
Wildfire risk64.770.0
Flood risk72.369.4
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.