Mississippi vs New Hampshire
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 7 of them and New Hampshire on 8, 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.
MeasureMississippiNew Hampshire
Home price$198,428$522,944
Rent paid$966$1,488
Cost of living87.3111.4
Income$59,127$99,782
Property tax0.58%1.50%
Income tax4.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.06%0.00%
Electric bill$171$168
Temperature66.2°F46.7°F
Snowfall0.9 in50.6 in
Precipitation53.1 in40.2 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.311.4
Bachelor's or higher27.0%41.5%
Crime rate211110
Commute26.4 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.8%2.9%
Population change-0.2%+2.7%
Wildfire risk58.045.2
Flood risk63.485.5
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.