Massachusetts vs Nevada
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 Nevada 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.
MeasureMassachusettsNevada
Home price$672,867$448,215
Rent paid$1,788$1,580
Cost of living141.2100.2
Income$104,828$81,134
Property tax1.00%0.50%
Income tax9.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.25%8.24%
Electric bill$183$117
Temperature50.1°F62.8°F
Snowfall29.5 in1.7 in
Precipitation42.1 in8.6 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.020.0
Bachelor's or higher48.3%28.5%
Crime rate315402
Commute30.6 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.4%5.1%
Population change+1.7%+5.7%
Wildfire risk51.098.1
Flood risk94.793.9
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.