Massachusetts vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureMassachusettsUtah
Home price$672,867$541,692
Rent paid$1,788$1,489
Cost of living141.2102.2
Income$104,828$96,658
Property tax1.00%0.48%
Income tax9.00%4.50%
Sales tax6.25%7.42%
Electric bill$183$102
Temperature50.1°F51.6°F
Snowfall29.5 in65.6 in
Precipitation42.1 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.021.9
Bachelor's or higher48.3%39.1%
Crime rate315230
Commute30.6 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.4%3.6%
Population change+1.7%+8.2%
Wildfire risk51.095.3
Flood risk94.774.6
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.