Michigan 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.
Michigan comes out ahead on 7 of them and Missouri on 8, 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.
MeasureMichiganMissouri
Home price$269,972$271,597
Rent paid$1,117$1,030
Cost of living90.189
Income$72,389$71,589
Property tax1.19%0.89%
Income tax4.25%4.70%
Sales tax6.00%8.44%
Electric bill$131$145
Temperature48.9°F56.9°F
Snowfall47.5 in14.0 in
Precipitation30.4 in37.4 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.913.0
Bachelor's or higher33.3%33.5%
Crime rate434462
Commute24.3 min24.0 min
Unemployment5.0%3.7%
Population change+0.5%+1.9%
Wildfire risk39.854.0
Flood risk84.679.4
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.