Mississippi vs Montana
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Mississippi comes out ahead on 8 of them and Montana on 7, 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.
MeasureMississippiMontana
Home price$198,428$476,115
Rent paid$966$1,074
Cost of living87.395.5
Income$59,127$75,340
Property tax0.58%0.61%
Income tax4.00%5.65%
Sales tax7.06%0.00%
Electric bill$171$114
Temperature66.2°F44.2°F
Snowfall0.9 in54.5 in
Precipitation53.1 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.314.2
Bachelor's or higher27.0%36.3%
Crime rate211424
Commute26.4 min19.5 min
Unemployment3.8%3.3%
Population change-0.2%+5.6%
Wildfire risk58.088.5
Flood risk63.461.0
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.