Massachusetts 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.
Massachusetts comes out ahead on 4 of them and Mississippi on 11, 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.
MeasureMassachusettsMississippi
Home price$672,867$198,428
Rent paid$1,788$966
Cost of living141.287.3
Income$104,828$59,127
Property tax1.00%0.58%
Income tax9.00%4.00%
Sales tax6.25%7.06%
Electric bill$183$171
Temperature50.1°F66.2°F
Snowfall29.5 in0.9 in
Precipitation42.1 in53.1 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.014.3
Bachelor's or higher48.3%27.0%
Crime rate315211
Commute30.6 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.4%3.8%
Population change+1.7%-0.2%
Wildfire risk51.058.0
Flood risk94.763.4
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.