Arkansas vs Utah
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 Utah on 7, 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.
MeasureArkansasUtah
Home price$228,662$541,692
Rent paid$938$1,489
Cost of living89.6102.2
Income$62,106$96,658
Property tax0.56%0.48%
Income tax3.90%4.50%
Sales tax9.48%7.42%
Electric bill$139$102
Temperature62.2°F51.6°F
Snowfall6.8 in65.6 in
Precipitation52.1 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.621.9
Bachelor's or higher27.1%39.1%
Crime rate579230
Commute22.7 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.1%3.6%
Population change+3.4%+8.2%
Wildfire risk64.795.3
Flood risk72.374.6
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.