Michigan 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.
Michigan comes out ahead on 5 of them and Mississippi 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.
MeasureMichiganMississippi
Home price$269,972$198,428
Rent paid$1,117$966
Cost of living90.187.3
Income$72,389$59,127
Property tax1.19%0.58%
Income tax4.25%4.00%
Sales tax6.00%7.06%
Electric bill$131$171
Temperature48.9°F66.2°F
Snowfall47.5 in0.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in53.1 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.914.3
Bachelor's or higher33.3%27.0%
Crime rate434211
Commute24.3 min26.4 min
Unemployment5.0%3.8%
Population change+0.5%-0.2%
Wildfire risk39.858.0
Flood risk84.663.4
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.