Georgia 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.
Georgia 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.
MeasureGeorgiaMississippi
Home price$335,358$198,428
Rent paid$1,397$966
Cost of living92.587.3
Income$79,991$59,127
Property tax0.79%0.58%
Income tax5.19%4.00%
Sales tax7.56%7.06%
Electric bill$161$171
Temperature63.5°F66.2°F
Snowfall1.0 in0.9 in
Precipitation45.8 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.55 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.414.3
Bachelor's or higher36.3%27.0%
Crime rate326211
Commute29.4 min26.4 min
Unemployment3.4%3.8%
Population change+5.5%-0.2%
Wildfire risk53.458.0
Flood risk74.963.4
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.