Arkansas vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureArkansasMissouri
Home price$228,662$271,597
Rent paid$938$1,030
Cost of living89.689
Income$62,106$71,589
Property tax0.56%0.89%
Income tax3.90%4.70%
Sales tax9.48%8.44%
Electric bill$139$145
Temperature62.2°F56.9°F
Snowfall6.8 in14.0 in
Precipitation52.1 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.613.0
Bachelor's or higher27.1%33.5%
Crime rate579462
Commute22.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.1%3.7%
Population change+3.4%+1.9%
Wildfire risk64.754.0
Flood risk72.379.4
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.