Arkansas vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureArkansasVirginia
Home price$228,662$419,920
Rent paid$938$1,599
Cost of living89.6100.8
Income$62,106$92,090
Property tax0.56%0.78%
Income tax3.90%5.75%
Sales tax9.48%5.77%
Electric bill$139$173
Temperature62.2°F57.6°F
Snowfall6.8 in11.3 in
Precipitation52.1 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.614.0
Bachelor's or higher27.1%43.3%
Crime rate579218
Commute22.7 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.1%3.7%
Population change+3.4%+2.9%
Wildfire risk64.733.1
Flood risk72.367.2
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.