Missouri vs North Carolina
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 7 of them and North Carolina 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.
MeasureMissouriNorth Carolina
Home price$271,597$340,430
Rent paid$1,030$1,215
Cost of living8997.8
Income$71,589$73,958
Property tax0.89%0.66%
Income tax4.70%3.99%
Sales tax8.44%7.10%
Electric bill$145$151
Temperature56.9°F60.3°F
Snowfall14.0 in2.3 in
Precipitation37.4 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.016.4
Bachelor's or higher33.5%37.1%
Crime rate462376
Commute24.0 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.7%3.6%
Population change+1.9%+7.2%
Wildfire risk54.053.8
Flood risk79.484.6
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.