Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 6 of them and Missouri on 9, 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.
MeasureMinnesotaMissouri
Home price$356,887$271,597
Rent paid$1,272$1,030
Cost of living94.689
Income$87,117$71,589
Property tax1.00%0.89%
Income tax9.85%4.70%
Sales tax8.14%8.44%
Electric bill$119$145
Temperature45.6°F56.9°F
Snowfall30.7 in14.0 in
Precipitation30.4 in37.4 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.713.0
Bachelor's or higher40.0%33.5%
Crime rate257462
Commute22.7 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change+2.2%+1.9%
Wildfire risk57.454.0
Flood risk79.379.4
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.