Mississippi vs Vermont
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 Vermont on 7, 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.
MeasureMississippiVermont
Home price$198,428$402,017
Rent paid$966$1,239
Cost of living87.3113.6
Income$59,127$82,730
Property tax0.58%1.51%
Income tax4.00%8.75%
Sales tax7.06%6.43%
Electric bill$171$141
Temperature66.2°F44.3°F
Snowfall0.9 in97.9 in
Precipitation53.1 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.311.5
Bachelor's or higher27.0%45.1%
Crime rate211219
Commute26.4 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.8%2.6%
Population change-0.2%+0.2%
Wildfire risk58.021.0
Flood risk63.464.8
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.