Arkansas vs Texas
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 10 of them and Texas 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.
MeasureArkansasTexas
Home price$228,662$302,999
Rent paid$938$1,386
Cost of living89.692.1
Income$62,106$79,721
Property tax0.56%1.40%
Income tax3.90%0.00%
Sales tax9.48%8.20%
Electric bill$139$174
Temperature62.2°F69.7°F
Snowfall6.8 in1.0 in
Precipitation52.1 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.615.1
Bachelor's or higher27.1%35.2%
Crime rate579389
Commute22.7 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.1%4.4%
Population change+3.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk64.783.5
Flood risk72.389.2
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.