Arkansas vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania on 5, 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.
MeasureArkansasPennsylvania
Home price$228,662$294,099
Rent paid$938$1,224
Cost of living89.697.2
Income$62,106$77,545
Property tax0.56%1.26%
Income tax3.90%3.07%
Sales tax9.48%6.34%
Electric bill$139$173
Temperature62.2°F52°F
Snowfall6.8 in21.7 in
Precipitation52.1 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.613.5
Bachelor's or higher27.1%36.4%
Crime rate579246
Commute22.7 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.1%4.1%
Population change+3.4%+0.4%
Wildfire risk64.738.7
Flood risk72.392.3
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.