Mississippi vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureMississippiOhio
Home price$198,428$251,502
Rent paid$966$1,030
Cost of living87.394.3
Income$59,127$72,212
Property tax0.58%1.36%
Income tax4.00%2.75%
Sales tax7.06%7.29%
Electric bill$171$158
Temperature66.2°F52°F
Snowfall0.9 in25.7 in
Precipitation53.1 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.317.3
Bachelor's or higher27.0%32.4%
Crime rate211294
Commute26.4 min23.8 min
Unemployment3.8%3.6%
Population change-0.2%+0.9%
Wildfire risk58.036.7
Flood risk63.484.9
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.