Arkansas vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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.
MeasureArkansasNorth Carolina
Home price$228,662$340,430
Rent paid$938$1,215
Cost of living89.697.8
Income$62,106$73,958
Property tax0.56%0.66%
Income tax3.90%3.99%
Sales tax9.48%7.10%
Electric bill$139$151
Temperature62.2°F60.3°F
Snowfall6.8 in2.3 in
Precipitation52.1 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.616.4
Bachelor's or higher27.1%37.1%
Crime rate579376
Commute22.7 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.1%3.6%
Population change+3.4%+7.2%
Wildfire risk64.753.8
Flood risk72.384.6
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.