Massachusetts vs Michigan
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Massachusetts comes out ahead on 6 of them and Michigan 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.
MeasureMassachusettsMichigan
Home price$672,867$269,972
Rent paid$1,788$1,117
Cost of living141.290.1
Income$104,828$72,389
Property tax1.00%1.19%
Income tax9.00%4.25%
Sales tax6.25%6.00%
Electric bill$183$131
Temperature50.1°F48.9°F
Snowfall29.5 in47.5 in
Precipitation42.1 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.016.9
Bachelor's or higher48.3%33.3%
Crime rate315434
Commute30.6 min24.3 min
Unemployment4.4%5.0%
Population change+1.7%+0.5%
Wildfire risk51.039.8
Flood risk94.784.6
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.