Mississippi vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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.
MeasureMississippiNorth Carolina
Home price$198,428$340,430
Rent paid$966$1,215
Cost of living87.397.8
Income$59,127$73,958
Property tax0.58%0.66%
Income tax4.00%3.99%
Sales tax7.06%7.10%
Electric bill$171$151
Temperature66.2°F60.3°F
Snowfall0.9 in2.3 in
Precipitation53.1 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.316.4
Bachelor's or higher27.0%37.1%
Crime rate211376
Commute26.4 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.8%3.6%
Population change-0.2%+7.2%
Wildfire risk58.053.8
Flood risk63.484.6
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.