Arkansas vs Montana
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 Montana 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.
MeasureArkansasMontana
Home price$228,662$476,115
Rent paid$938$1,074
Cost of living89.695.5
Income$62,106$75,340
Property tax0.56%0.61%
Income tax3.90%5.65%
Sales tax9.48%0.00%
Electric bill$139$114
Temperature62.2°F44.2°F
Snowfall6.8 in54.5 in
Precipitation52.1 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.614.2
Bachelor's or higher27.1%36.3%
Crime rate579424
Commute22.7 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.1%3.3%
Population change+3.4%+5.6%
Wildfire risk64.788.5
Flood risk72.361.0
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.