Mississippi vs Texas
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 12 of them and Texas on 3, 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.
MeasureMississippiTexas
Home price$198,428$302,999
Rent paid$966$1,386
Cost of living87.392.1
Income$59,127$79,721
Property tax0.58%1.40%
Income tax4.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.06%8.20%
Electric bill$171$174
Temperature66.2°F69.7°F
Snowfall0.9 in1.0 in
Precipitation53.1 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.315.1
Bachelor's or higher27.0%35.2%
Crime rate211389
Commute26.4 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.8%4.4%
Population change-0.2%+8.8%
Wildfire risk58.083.5
Flood risk63.489.2
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.