Arizona 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.
Arizona comes out ahead on 5 of them and Mississippi on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaMississippi
Home price$422,822$198,428
Rent paid$1,518$966
Cost of living110.787.3
Income$81,486$59,127
Property tax0.48%0.58%
Income tax2.50%4.00%
Sales tax8.54%7.06%
Electric bill$161$171
Temperature70.7°F66.2°F
Snowfall2.0 in0.9 in
Precipitation9.0 in53.1 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.914.3
Bachelor's or higher34.7%27.0%
Crime rate422211
Commute26.4 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.9%3.8%
Population change+6.5%-0.2%
Wildfire risk98.258.0
Flood risk98.363.4
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.