Missouri vs Mississippi
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Missouri comes out ahead on 6 of them and Mississippi on 9, 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.
MeasureMissouriMississippi
Home price$271,597$198,428
Rent paid$1,030$966
Cost of living8987.3
Income$71,589$59,127
Property tax0.89%0.58%
Income tax4.70%4.00%
Sales tax8.44%7.06%
Electric bill$145$171
Temperature56.9°F66.2°F
Snowfall14.0 in0.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.014.3
Bachelor's or higher33.5%27.0%
Crime rate462211
Commute24.0 min26.4 min
Unemployment3.7%3.8%
Population change+1.9%-0.2%
Wildfire risk54.058.0
Flood risk79.463.4
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.