Mississippi vs Tennessee
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 8 of them and Tennessee 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.
MeasureMississippiTennessee
Home price$198,428$338,769
Rent paid$966$1,171
Cost of living87.390.3
Income$59,127$71,997
Property tax0.58%0.52%
Income tax4.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.06%9.61%
Electric bill$171$163
Temperature66.2°F60.1°F
Snowfall0.9 in4.8 in
Precipitation53.1 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher27.0%32.4%
Crime rate211592
Commute26.4 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.8%3.5%
Population change-0.2%+5.8%
Wildfire risk58.048.1
Flood risk63.476.4
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.