Kentucky 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.
Kentucky 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.
MeasureKentuckyMassachusetts
Home price$235,363$672,867
Rent paid$957$1,788
Cost of living92.5141.2
Income$64,526$104,828
Property tax0.74%1.00%
Income tax3.50%9.00%
Sales tax6.00%6.25%
Electric bill$155$183
Temperature56.9°F50.1°F
Snowfall13.4 in29.5 in
Precipitation57.0 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.612.0
Bachelor's or higher27.9%48.3%
Crime rate213315
Commute24.5 min30.6 min
Unemployment4.7%4.4%
Population change+2.2%+1.7%
Wildfire risk34.451.0
Flood risk70.494.7
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.