Kansas 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.
Kansas comes out ahead on 4 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.
MeasureKansasMississippi
Home price$252,794$198,428
Rent paid$1,051$966
Cost of living88.887.3
Income$75,514$59,127
Property tax1.21%0.58%
Income tax5.58%4.00%
Sales tax8.71%7.06%
Electric bill$131$171
Temperature56.7°F66.2°F
Snowfall17.2 in0.9 in
Precipitation33.5 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.614.3
Bachelor's or higher36.0%27.0%
Crime rate439211
Commute20.0 min26.4 min
Unemployment3.8%3.8%
Population change+1.3%-0.2%
Wildfire risk70.058.0
Flood risk69.463.4
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.