California 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.
California comes out ahead on 3 of them and Mississippi on 12, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaMississippi
Home price$775,549$198,428
Rent paid$2,042$966
Cost of living142.387.3
Income$100,149$59,127
Property tax0.70%0.58%
Income tax13.30%4.00%
Sales tax9.03%7.06%
Electric bill$161$171
Temperature62.7°F66.2°F
Snowfall4.3 in0.9 in
Precipitation18.4 in53.1 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.914.3
Bachelor's or higher38.1%27.0%
Crime rate486211
Commute29.7 min26.4 min
Unemployment5.2%3.8%
Population change-0.5%-0.2%
Wildfire risk96.858.0
Flood risk98.563.4
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.