Arkansas vs Mississippi
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 7 of them and Mississippi on 8, 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.
MeasureArkansasMississippi
Home price$228,662$198,428
Rent paid$938$966
Cost of living89.687.3
Income$62,106$59,127
Property tax0.56%0.58%
Income tax3.90%4.00%
Sales tax9.48%7.06%
Electric bill$139$171
Temperature62.2°F66.2°F
Snowfall6.8 in0.9 in
Precipitation52.1 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.614.3
Bachelor's or higher27.1%27.0%
Crime rate579211
Commute22.7 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.1%3.8%
Population change+3.4%-0.2%
Wildfire risk64.758.0
Flood risk72.363.4
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.