Massachusetts vs Minnesota
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 Minnesota 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.
MeasureMassachusettsMinnesota
Home price$672,867$356,887
Rent paid$1,788$1,272
Cost of living141.294.6
Income$104,828$87,117
Property tax1.00%1.00%
Income tax9.00%9.85%
Sales tax6.25%8.14%
Electric bill$183$119
Temperature50.1°F45.6°F
Snowfall29.5 in30.7 in
Precipitation42.1 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.015.7
Bachelor's or higher48.3%40.0%
Crime rate315257
Commute30.6 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+1.7%+2.2%
Wildfire risk51.057.4
Flood risk94.779.3
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.