Massachusetts vs North Dakota
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 4 of them and North Dakota on 11, 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.
MeasureMassachusettsNorth Dakota
Home price$672,867$293,556
Rent paid$1,788$931
Cost of living141.291.4
Income$104,828$77,871
Property tax1.00%0.92%
Income tax9.00%2.50%
Sales tax6.25%7.09%
Electric bill$183$133
Temperature50.1°F42.4°F
Snowfall29.5 in23.0 in
Precipitation42.1 in20.1 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.011.7
Bachelor's or higher48.3%34.0%
Crime rate315254
Commute30.6 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.4%2.3%
Population change+1.7%+2.6%
Wildfire risk51.065.1
Flood risk94.749.2
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.