Mississippi vs Oklahoma
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 10 of them and Oklahoma on 5, 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.
MeasureMississippiOklahoma
Home price$198,428$225,437
Rent paid$966$1,002
Cost of living87.386
Income$59,127$66,148
Property tax0.58%0.79%
Income tax4.00%4.50%
Sales tax7.06%9.06%
Electric bill$171$141
Temperature66.2°F61.9°F
Snowfall0.9 in4.4 in
Precipitation53.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.316.3
Bachelor's or higher27.0%29.3%
Crime rate211423
Commute26.4 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.8%4.2%
Population change-0.2%+4.1%
Wildfire risk58.086.9
Flood risk63.476.7
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.