Arizona vs Massachusetts
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 8 of them and Massachusetts on 7, 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.
MeasureArizonaMassachusetts
Home price$422,822$672,867
Rent paid$1,518$1,788
Cost of living110.7141.2
Income$81,486$104,828
Property tax0.48%1.00%
Income tax2.50%9.00%
Sales tax8.54%6.25%
Electric bill$161$183
Temperature70.7°F50.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in29.5 in
Precipitation9.0 in42.1 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.912.0
Bachelor's or higher34.7%48.3%
Crime rate422315
Commute26.4 min30.6 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+6.5%+1.7%
Wildfire risk98.251.0
Flood risk98.394.7
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.