Arkansas vs Minnesota
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 Minnesota 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.
MeasureArkansasMinnesota
Home price$228,662$356,887
Rent paid$938$1,272
Cost of living89.694.6
Income$62,106$87,117
Property tax0.56%1.00%
Income tax3.90%9.85%
Sales tax9.48%8.14%
Electric bill$139$119
Temperature62.2°F45.6°F
Snowfall6.8 in30.7 in
Precipitation52.1 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.615.7
Bachelor's or higher27.1%40.0%
Crime rate579257
Commute22.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.1%4.4%
Population change+3.4%+2.2%
Wildfire risk64.757.4
Flood risk72.379.3
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.