Mississippi vs West 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 7 of them and West Virginia on 8, 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.
MeasureMississippiWest Virginia
Home price$198,428$182,704
Rent paid$966$868
Cost of living87.388.3
Income$59,127$60,798
Property tax0.58%0.51%
Income tax4.00%4.82%
Sales tax7.06%6.60%
Electric bill$171$167
Temperature66.2°F53.9°F
Snowfall0.9 in22.9 in
Precipitation53.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.313.7
Bachelor's or higher27.0%24.4%
Crime rate211249
Commute26.4 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.8%4.2%
Population change-0.2%-1.5%
Wildfire risk58.041.2
Flood risk63.479.2
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.