Mississippi vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureMississippiVirginia
Home price$198,428$419,920
Rent paid$966$1,599
Cost of living87.3100.8
Income$59,127$92,090
Property tax0.58%0.78%
Income tax4.00%5.75%
Sales tax7.06%5.77%
Electric bill$171$173
Temperature66.2°F57.6°F
Snowfall0.9 in11.3 in
Precipitation53.1 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.314.0
Bachelor's or higher27.0%43.3%
Crime rate211218
Commute26.4 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.8%3.7%
Population change-0.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk58.033.1
Flood risk63.467.2
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.