Arkansas vs South 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 7 of them and South Dakota on 8, 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.
MeasureArkansasSouth Dakota
Home price$228,662$325,618
Rent paid$938$941
Cost of living89.691.9
Income$62,106$76,881
Property tax0.56%1.00%
Income tax3.90%0.00%
Sales tax9.48%6.11%
Electric bill$139$138
Temperature62.2°F47.4°F
Snowfall6.8 in29.7 in
Precipitation52.1 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.614.2
Bachelor's or higher27.1%34.2%
Crime rate579362
Commute22.7 min18.5 min
Unemployment4.1%2.0%
Population change+3.4%+5.5%
Wildfire risk64.775.5
Flood risk72.354.5
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.