Kentucky 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.
Kentucky 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.
MeasureKentuckyMississippi
Home price$235,363$198,428
Rent paid$957$966
Cost of living92.587.3
Income$64,526$59,127
Property tax0.74%0.58%
Income tax3.50%4.00%
Sales tax6.00%7.06%
Electric bill$155$171
Temperature56.9°F66.2°F
Snowfall13.4 in0.9 in
Precipitation57.0 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.614.3
Bachelor's or higher27.9%27.0%
Crime rate213211
Commute24.5 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.7%3.8%
Population change+2.2%-0.2%
Wildfire risk34.458.0
Flood risk70.463.4
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.