Mississippi vs Wyoming
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 5 of them and Wyoming on 10, 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.
MeasureMississippiWyoming
Home price$198,428$372,526
Rent paid$966$1,010
Cost of living87.393.7
Income$59,127$75,532
Property tax0.58%0.53%
Income tax4.00%0.00%
Sales tax7.06%5.39%
Electric bill$171$115
Temperature66.2°F45.1°F
Snowfall0.9 in44.9 in
Precipitation53.1 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.58 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.312.5
Bachelor's or higher27.0%32.3%
Crime rate211203
Commute26.4 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.8%3.2%
Population change-0.2%+2.1%
Wildfire risk58.086.6
Flood risk63.454.1
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.