Indiana 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.
Indiana comes out ahead on 7 of them and Mississippi on 8, 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.
MeasureIndianaMississippi
Home price$262,265$198,428
Rent paid$1,063$966
Cost of living9187.3
Income$71,959$59,127
Property tax0.76%0.58%
Income tax2.95%4.00%
Sales tax7.00%7.06%
Electric bill$160$171
Temperature52.6°F66.2°F
Snowfall26.8 in0.9 in
Precipitation38.0 in53.1 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.514.3
Bachelor's or higher30.7%27.0%
Crime rate313211
Commute24.6 min26.4 min
Unemployment3.3%3.8%
Population change+2.8%-0.2%
Wildfire risk24.658.0
Flood risk75.863.4
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.