Arkansas vs Maine
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 8 of them and Maine on 7, 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.
MeasureArkansasMaine
Home price$228,662$424,107
Rent paid$938$1,169
Cost of living89.6113
Income$62,106$76,442
Property tax0.56%0.98%
Income tax3.90%7.15%
Sales tax9.48%5.50%
Electric bill$139$155
Temperature62.2°F44.8°F
Snowfall6.8 in66.8 in
Precipitation52.1 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.611.5
Bachelor's or higher27.1%37.1%
Crime rate579100
Commute22.7 min25.6 min
Unemployment4.1%3.1%
Population change+3.4%+3.8%
Wildfire risk64.732.3
Flood risk72.367.1
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.