Maine 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.
Maine 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.
MeasureMaineMississippi
Home price$424,107$198,428
Rent paid$1,169$966
Cost of living11387.3
Income$76,442$59,127
Property tax0.98%0.58%
Income tax7.15%4.00%
Sales tax5.50%7.06%
Electric bill$155$171
Temperature44.8°F66.2°F
Snowfall66.8 in0.9 in
Precipitation39.1 in53.1 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.514.3
Bachelor's or higher37.1%27.0%
Crime rate100211
Commute25.6 min26.4 min
Unemployment3.1%3.8%
Population change+3.8%-0.2%
Wildfire risk32.358.0
Flood risk67.163.4
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.