Alabama vs Mississippi
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 4 of them and Mississippi 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.
MeasureAlabamaMississippi
Home price$241,517$198,428
Rent paid$1,008$966
Cost of living88.687.3
Income$66,659$59,127
Property tax0.37%0.58%
Income tax5.00%4.00%
Sales tax9.46%7.06%
Electric bill$185$171
Temperature64.2°F66.2°F
Snowfall2.0 in0.9 in
Precipitation52.3 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.3
Bachelor's or higher29.9%27.0%
Crime rate360211
Commute26.0 min26.4 min
Unemployment3.2%3.8%
Population change+3.3%-0.2%
Wildfire risk62.558.0
Flood risk83.363.4
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.