Massachusetts vs Missouri
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 5 of them and Missouri on 10, 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.
MeasureMassachusettsMissouri
Home price$672,867$271,597
Rent paid$1,788$1,030
Cost of living141.289
Income$104,828$71,589
Property tax1.00%0.89%
Income tax9.00%4.70%
Sales tax6.25%8.44%
Electric bill$183$145
Temperature50.1°F56.9°F
Snowfall29.5 in14.0 in
Precipitation42.1 in37.4 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.013.0
Bachelor's or higher48.3%33.5%
Crime rate315462
Commute30.6 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.4%3.7%
Population change+1.7%+1.9%
Wildfire risk51.054.0
Flood risk94.779.4
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.