Mississippi vs Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin 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.
MeasureMississippiWisconsin
Home price$198,428$342,279
Rent paid$966$1,071
Cost of living87.397.7
Income$59,127$77,488
Property tax0.58%1.32%
Income tax4.00%7.65%
Sales tax7.06%5.72%
Electric bill$171$124
Temperature66.2°F46.7°F
Snowfall0.9 in40.1 in
Precipitation53.1 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.313.9
Bachelor's or higher27.0%34.6%
Crime rate211279
Commute26.4 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.8%3.3%
Population change-0.2%+1.3%
Wildfire risk58.034.9
Flood risk63.478.5
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.