Missouri vs New York
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 11 of them and New York on 4, 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.
MeasureMissouriNew York
Home price$271,597$525,947
Rent paid$1,030$1,671
Cost of living89125.1
Income$71,589$85,820
Property tax0.89%1.30%
Income tax4.70%10.90%
Sales tax8.44%8.54%
Electric bill$145$164
Temperature56.9°F52.4°F
Snowfall14.0 in39.2 in
Precipitation37.4 in37.2 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.011.6
Bachelor's or higher33.5%41.2%
Crime rate462380
Commute24.0 min33.2 min
Unemployment3.7%4.6%
Population change+1.9%-1.0%
Wildfire risk54.034.8
Flood risk79.494.6
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.