Massachusetts vs Texas
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 6 of them and Texas 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.
MeasureMassachusettsTexas
Home price$672,867$302,999
Rent paid$1,788$1,386
Cost of living141.292.1
Income$104,828$79,721
Property tax1.00%1.40%
Income tax9.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.25%8.20%
Electric bill$183$174
Temperature50.1°F69.7°F
Snowfall29.5 in1.0 in
Precipitation42.1 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.015.1
Bachelor's or higher48.3%35.2%
Crime rate315389
Commute30.6 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change+1.7%+8.8%
Wildfire risk51.083.5
Flood risk94.789.2
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.