Florida 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.
Florida 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.
MeasureFloridaMississippi
Home price$378,126$198,428
Rent paid$1,644$966
Cost of living102.287.3
Income$77,735$59,127
Property tax0.78%0.58%
Income tax0.00%4.00%
Sales tax6.98%7.06%
Electric bill$169$171
Temperature74°F66.2°F
Snowfall0.2 in0.9 in
Precipitation43.3 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.514.3
Bachelor's or higher35.8%27.0%
Crime rate267211
Commute28.9 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.7%3.8%
Population change+8.9%-0.2%
Wildfire risk92.858.0
Flood risk93.163.4
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.