Arkansas vs Massachusetts
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 10 of them and Massachusetts on 5, 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.
MeasureArkansasMassachusetts
Home price$228,662$672,867
Rent paid$938$1,788
Cost of living89.6141.2
Income$62,106$104,828
Property tax0.56%1.00%
Income tax3.90%9.00%
Sales tax9.48%6.25%
Electric bill$139$183
Temperature62.2°F50.1°F
Snowfall6.8 in29.5 in
Precipitation52.1 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.612.0
Bachelor's or higher27.1%48.3%
Crime rate579315
Commute22.7 min30.6 min
Unemployment4.1%4.4%
Population change+3.4%+1.7%
Wildfire risk64.751.0
Flood risk72.394.7
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.