Arkansas vs Wyoming
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 4 of them and Wyoming on 11, 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.
MeasureArkansasWyoming
Home price$228,662$372,526
Rent paid$938$1,010
Cost of living89.693.7
Income$62,106$75,532
Property tax0.56%0.53%
Income tax3.90%0.00%
Sales tax9.48%5.39%
Electric bill$139$115
Temperature62.2°F45.1°F
Snowfall6.8 in44.9 in
Precipitation52.1 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.612.5
Bachelor's or higher27.1%32.3%
Crime rate579203
Commute22.7 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.1%3.2%
Population change+3.4%+2.1%
Wildfire risk64.786.6
Flood risk72.354.1
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.