Massachusetts vs New Hampshire
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 3 of them and New Hampshire on 12, 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.
MeasureMassachusettsNew Hampshire
Home price$672,867$522,944
Rent paid$1,788$1,488
Cost of living141.2111.4
Income$104,828$99,782
Property tax1.00%1.50%
Income tax9.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.25%0.00%
Electric bill$183$168
Temperature50.1°F46.7°F
Snowfall29.5 in50.6 in
Precipitation42.1 in40.2 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.011.4
Bachelor's or higher48.3%41.5%
Crime rate315110
Commute30.6 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.4%2.9%
Population change+1.7%+2.7%
Wildfire risk51.045.2
Flood risk94.785.5
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.