Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 12 of them and Massachusetts on 3, 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.
MeasureIdahoMassachusetts
Home price$482,199$672,867
Rent paid$1,251$1,788
Cost of living99.9141.2
Income$81,166$104,828
Property tax0.50%1.00%
Income tax5.30%9.00%
Sales tax6.03%6.25%
Electric bill$112$183
Temperature50.2°F50.1°F
Snowfall17.8 in29.5 in
Precipitation17.4 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.412.0
Bachelor's or higher33.0%48.3%
Crime rate231315
Commute22.2 min30.6 min
Unemployment3.7%4.4%
Population change+10.4%+1.7%
Wildfire risk90.451.0
Flood risk69.594.7
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.