Mississippi vs Nevada
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 Nevada 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.
MeasureMississippiNevada
Home price$198,428$448,215
Rent paid$966$1,580
Cost of living87.3100.2
Income$59,127$81,134
Property tax0.58%0.50%
Income tax4.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.06%8.24%
Electric bill$171$117
Temperature66.2°F62.8°F
Snowfall0.9 in1.7 in
Precipitation53.1 in8.6 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.320.0
Bachelor's or higher27.0%28.5%
Crime rate211402
Commute26.4 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.8%5.1%
Population change-0.2%+5.7%
Wildfire risk58.098.1
Flood risk63.493.9
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.