Arkansas vs Kentucky
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 Kentucky 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.
MeasureArkansasKentucky
Home price$228,662$235,363
Rent paid$938$957
Cost of living89.692.5
Income$62,106$64,526
Property tax0.56%0.74%
Income tax3.90%3.50%
Sales tax9.48%6.00%
Electric bill$139$155
Temperature62.2°F56.9°F
Snowfall6.8 in13.4 in
Precipitation52.1 in57.0 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.615.6
Bachelor's or higher27.1%27.9%
Crime rate579213
Commute22.7 min24.5 min
Unemployment4.1%4.7%
Population change+3.4%+2.2%
Wildfire risk64.734.4
Flood risk72.370.4
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.