Arkansas vs North Dakota
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 5 of them and North Dakota on 10, 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 Dakota
Home price$228,662$293,556
Rent paid$938$931
Cost of living89.691.4
Income$62,106$77,871
Property tax0.56%0.92%
Income tax3.90%2.50%
Sales tax9.48%7.09%
Electric bill$139$133
Temperature62.2°F42.4°F
Snowfall6.8 in23.0 in
Precipitation52.1 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.611.7
Bachelor's or higher27.1%34.0%
Crime rate579254
Commute22.7 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.1%2.3%
Population change+3.4%+2.6%
Wildfire risk64.765.1
Flood risk72.349.2
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.