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Cost to run an electric lawn mower in Arkansas (August 2026 rates)
At 14.37¢ per kilowatt-hour — Arkansas's average residential price in August 2026 — running an electric lawn mower costs $5.98 a year. That is 21% less than the national average of $7.55. Arkansas's residential rate is up 7.8% from August 2025, which moves this appliance from $5.55 to $5.98 a year.
- Per cycle
- 11.5¢
- Per day
- 1.6¢
- Per month
- 49.8¢
- Per year
- $5.98
Assumption: 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week — 42 kWh a year. One mow of a typical suburban lawn, battery or corded. Use the calculator to swap in the numbers from your own model.
How Arkansas compares
Arkansas pays 14.37¢/kWh, the 9th cheapest residential electricity of the 51 U.S. jurisdictions EIA reports. For this appliance that works out to $1.58 less a year than the typical U.S. household pays for the same use. Running the same electric lawn mower costs $5.29 a year in Nevada and $19.63 in Hawaii, so where you live changes this bill by $14.34 a year.
| State | Rate | Per month | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 13.54¢ | 46.9¢ | $5.63 |
| Kentucky | 13.80¢ | 47.8¢ | $5.74 |
| Arkansas | 14.37¢ | 49.8¢ | $5.98 |
| Mississippi | 14.43¢ | 50.0¢ | $6.00 |
| Wyoming | 14.43¢ | 50.0¢ | $6.00 |
States ranked by average residential price, cheapest first. See all 51 states for an electric lawn mower.
What else costs about the same in Arkansas
Cutting the number down
- A season of mowing costs less than a single tank of gasoline, which is the real argument for the switch.
- A sharp blade cuts the load on the motor and the runtime for the same lawn.
Questions
- How much does an electric lawn mower cost per month in Arkansas?
- About 49.8¢ a month, assuming 0.80 kWh per cycle, 1 cycles a week at 14.37¢/kWh.
- How many kilowatt-hours does an electric lawn mower use?
- Roughly 42 kWh a year under these assumptions.
- Is that expensive compared with other states?
- Arkansas has the 9th cheapest average residential rate in the country, so this appliance costs less here than the U.S. average of $7.55 a year.