Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 6 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.
MeasureIdahoMississippi
Home price$482,199$198,428
Rent paid$1,251$966
Cost of living99.987.3
Income$81,166$59,127
Property tax0.50%0.58%
Income tax5.30%4.00%
Sales tax6.03%7.06%
Electric bill$112$171
Temperature50.2°F66.2°F
Snowfall17.8 in0.9 in
Precipitation17.4 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.414.3
Bachelor's or higher33.0%27.0%
Crime rate231211
Commute22.2 min26.4 min
Unemployment3.7%3.8%
Population change+10.4%-0.2%
Wildfire risk90.458.0
Flood risk69.563.4
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.