Arkansas vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureArkansasOhio
Home price$228,662$251,502
Rent paid$938$1,030
Cost of living89.694.3
Income$62,106$72,212
Property tax0.56%1.36%
Income tax3.90%2.75%
Sales tax9.48%7.29%
Electric bill$139$158
Temperature62.2°F52°F
Snowfall6.8 in25.7 in
Precipitation52.1 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.617.3
Bachelor's or higher27.1%32.4%
Crime rate579294
Commute22.7 min23.8 min
Unemployment4.1%3.6%
Population change+3.4%+0.9%
Wildfire risk64.736.7
Flood risk72.384.9
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.