Massachusetts vs New York
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 7 of them and New York on 8, 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 York
Home price$672,867$525,947
Rent paid$1,788$1,671
Cost of living141.2125.1
Income$104,828$85,820
Property tax1.00%1.30%
Income tax9.00%10.90%
Sales tax6.25%8.54%
Electric bill$183$164
Temperature50.1°F52.4°F
Snowfall29.5 in39.2 in
Precipitation42.1 in37.2 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.011.6
Bachelor's or higher48.3%41.2%
Crime rate315380
Commute30.6 min33.2 min
Unemployment4.4%4.6%
Population change+1.7%-1.0%
Wildfire risk51.034.8
Flood risk94.794.6
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.