Louisiana 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.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 8 of them and Mississippi on 7, 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.
MeasureLouisianaMississippi
Home price$217,968$198,428
Rent paid$1,056$966
Cost of living92.387.3
Income$60,986$59,127
Property tax0.55%0.58%
Income tax3.00%4.00%
Sales tax10.13%7.06%
Electric bill$157$171
Temperature69.3°F66.2°F
Snowfall0.8 in0.9 in
Precipitation54.0 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.914.3
Bachelor's or higher27.8%27.0%
Crime rate520211
Commute26.2 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.4%3.8%
Population change-0.9%-0.2%
Wildfire risk48.058.0
Flood risk80.163.4
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.