Louisiana vs Missouri
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 5 of them and Missouri 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.
MeasureLouisianaMissouri
Home price$217,968$271,597
Rent paid$1,056$1,030
Cost of living92.389
Income$60,986$71,589
Property tax0.55%0.89%
Income tax3.00%4.70%
Sales tax10.13%8.44%
Electric bill$157$145
Temperature69.3°F56.9°F
Snowfall0.8 in14.0 in
Precipitation54.0 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.913.0
Bachelor's or higher27.8%33.5%
Crime rate520462
Commute26.2 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change-0.9%+1.9%
Wildfire risk48.054.0
Flood risk80.179.4
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.