Arkansas vs West 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 8 of them and West Virginia 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.
MeasureArkansasWest Virginia
Home price$228,662$182,704
Rent paid$938$868
Cost of living89.688.3
Income$62,106$60,798
Property tax0.56%0.51%
Income tax3.90%4.82%
Sales tax9.48%6.60%
Electric bill$139$167
Temperature62.2°F53.9°F
Snowfall6.8 in22.9 in
Precipitation52.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.613.7
Bachelor's or higher27.1%24.4%
Crime rate579249
Commute22.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.1%4.2%
Population change+3.4%-1.5%
Wildfire risk64.741.2
Flood risk72.379.2
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.