Minnesota 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.
Minnesota 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.
MeasureMinnesotaMississippi
Home price$356,887$198,428
Rent paid$1,272$966
Cost of living94.687.3
Income$87,117$59,127
Property tax1.00%0.58%
Income tax9.85%4.00%
Sales tax8.14%7.06%
Electric bill$119$171
Temperature45.6°F66.2°F
Snowfall30.7 in0.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in53.1 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.714.3
Bachelor's or higher40.0%27.0%
Crime rate257211
Commute22.7 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.4%3.8%
Population change+2.2%-0.2%
Wildfire risk57.458.0
Flood risk79.363.4
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.