Arkansas vs Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma 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.
MeasureArkansasOklahoma
Home price$228,662$225,437
Rent paid$938$1,002
Cost of living89.686
Income$62,106$66,148
Property tax0.56%0.79%
Income tax3.90%4.50%
Sales tax9.48%9.06%
Electric bill$139$141
Temperature62.2°F61.9°F
Snowfall6.8 in4.4 in
Precipitation52.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.616.3
Bachelor's or higher27.1%29.3%
Crime rate579423
Commute22.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.1%4.2%
Population change+3.4%+4.1%
Wildfire risk64.786.9
Flood risk72.376.7
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.