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Massachusetts vs New York

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

Massachusetts comes out ahead on 4 of them and New York on 3, 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
Typical home value$655,219$524,942
Home price-to-income6.3×6.1×
Household income$104,828$85,820
Property tax1.00%1.30%
Income tax9.00%10.90%
Sales tax6.25%8.54%
Temperature50.1°F52.4°F
Population7,136,17119,867,248
Cost of living141.2125.1

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.