Arkansas vs Louisiana
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 Louisiana 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.
MeasureArkansasLouisiana
Home price$228,662$217,968
Rent paid$938$1,056
Cost of living89.692.3
Income$62,106$60,986
Property tax0.56%0.55%
Income tax3.90%3.00%
Sales tax9.48%10.13%
Electric bill$139$157
Temperature62.2°F69.3°F
Snowfall6.8 in0.8 in
Precipitation52.1 in54.0 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.613.9
Bachelor's or higher27.1%27.8%
Crime rate579520
Commute22.7 min26.2 min
Unemployment4.1%4.4%
Population change+3.4%-0.9%
Wildfire risk64.748.0
Flood risk72.380.1
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.