Missouri vs North Dakota
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 5 of them and North Dakota 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.
MeasureMissouriNorth Dakota
Home price$271,597$293,556
Rent paid$1,030$931
Cost of living8991.4
Income$71,589$77,871
Property tax0.89%0.92%
Income tax4.70%2.50%
Sales tax8.44%7.09%
Electric bill$145$133
Temperature56.9°F42.4°F
Snowfall14.0 in23.0 in
Precipitation37.4 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.011.7
Bachelor's or higher33.5%34.0%
Crime rate462254
Commute24.0 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.7%2.3%
Population change+1.9%+2.6%
Wildfire risk54.065.1
Flood risk79.449.2
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.