Mississippi vs Nebraska
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 9 of them and Nebraska on 6, 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.
MeasureMississippiNebraska
Home price$198,428$284,464
Rent paid$966$1,049
Cost of living87.392.6
Income$59,127$76,376
Property tax0.58%1.44%
Income tax4.00%4.55%
Sales tax7.06%6.98%
Electric bill$171$122
Temperature66.2°F52.3°F
Snowfall0.9 in20.7 in
Precipitation53.1 in28.4 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.314.1
Bachelor's or higher27.0%35.4%
Crime rate211221
Commute26.4 min19.9 min
Unemployment3.8%2.9%
Population change-0.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk58.077.6
Flood risk63.465.3
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.