Massachusetts vs Tennessee
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 Tennessee 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.
MeasureMassachusettsTennessee
Home price$672,867$338,769
Rent paid$1,788$1,171
Cost of living141.290.3
Income$104,828$71,997
Property tax1.00%0.52%
Income tax9.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.25%9.61%
Electric bill$183$163
Temperature50.1°F60.1°F
Snowfall29.5 in4.8 in
Precipitation42.1 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher48.3%32.4%
Crime rate315592
Commute30.6 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.4%3.5%
Population change+1.7%+5.8%
Wildfire risk51.048.1
Flood risk94.776.4
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.