Mississippi vs South 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 South Carolina 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.
MeasureMississippiSouth Carolina
Home price$198,428$309,323
Rent paid$966$1,194
Cost of living87.394.7
Income$59,127$72,350
Property tax0.58%0.49%
Income tax4.00%6.00%
Sales tax7.06%7.49%
Electric bill$171$166
Temperature66.2°F63.4°F
Snowfall0.9 in1.5 in
Precipitation53.1 in42.9 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.314.3
Bachelor's or higher27.0%33.3%
Crime rate211437
Commute26.4 min26.3 min
Unemployment3.8%4.4%
Population change-0.2%+8.8%
Wildfire risk58.071.1
Flood risk63.482.7
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.