Mississippi vs North Dakota
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 North Dakota 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.
MeasureMississippiNorth Dakota
Home price$198,428$293,556
Rent paid$966$931
Cost of living87.391.4
Income$59,127$77,871
Property tax0.58%0.92%
Income tax4.00%2.50%
Sales tax7.06%7.09%
Electric bill$171$133
Temperature66.2°F42.4°F
Snowfall0.9 in23.0 in
Precipitation53.1 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.311.7
Bachelor's or higher27.0%34.0%
Crime rate211254
Commute26.4 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.8%2.3%
Population change-0.2%+2.6%
Wildfire risk58.065.1
Flood risk63.449.2
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.