Louisiana 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.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 10 of them and Massachusetts on 4, 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.
MeasureLouisianaMassachusetts
Home price$217,968$672,867
Rent paid$1,056$1,788
Cost of living92.3141.2
Income$60,986$104,828
Property tax0.55%1.00%
Income tax3.00%9.00%
Sales tax10.13%6.25%
Electric bill$157$183
Temperature69.3°F50.1°F
Snowfall0.8 in29.5 in
Precipitation54.0 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.912.0
Bachelor's or higher27.8%48.3%
Crime rate520315
Commute26.2 min30.6 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change-0.9%+1.7%
Wildfire risk48.051.0
Flood risk80.194.7
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.