Missouri vs South 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 6 of them and South Dakota 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.
MeasureMissouriSouth Dakota
Home price$271,597$325,618
Rent paid$1,030$941
Cost of living8991.9
Income$71,589$76,881
Property tax0.89%1.00%
Income tax4.70%0.00%
Sales tax8.44%6.11%
Electric bill$145$138
Temperature56.9°F47.4°F
Snowfall14.0 in29.7 in
Precipitation37.4 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.014.2
Bachelor's or higher33.5%34.2%
Crime rate462362
Commute24.0 min18.5 min
Unemployment3.7%2.0%
Population change+1.9%+5.5%
Wildfire risk54.075.5
Flood risk79.454.5
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.