Connecticut 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.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 5 of them and Mississippi on 10, 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.
MeasureConnecticutMississippi
Home price$455,424$198,428
Rent paid$1,537$966
Cost of living112.787.3
Income$96,049$59,127
Property tax1.54%0.58%
Income tax6.99%4.00%
Sales tax6.35%7.06%
Electric bill$204$171
Temperature51.3°F66.2°F
Snowfall25.9 in0.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in53.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.314.3
Bachelor's or higher42.6%27.0%
Crime rate136211
Commute27.0 min26.4 min
Unemployment5.2%3.8%
Population change+2.2%-0.2%
Wildfire risk45.058.0
Flood risk95.863.4
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.