Massachusetts vs South Dakota

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

Massachusetts comes out ahead on 1 of them and South Dakota on 5, 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.

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.