Massachusetts vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming on 12, 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.
MeasureMassachusettsWyoming
Home price$672,867$372,526
Rent paid$1,788$1,010
Cost of living141.293.7
Income$104,828$75,532
Property tax1.00%0.53%
Income tax9.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.25%5.39%
Electric bill$183$115
Temperature50.1°F45.1°F
Snowfall29.5 in44.9 in
Precipitation42.1 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.012.5
Bachelor's or higher48.3%32.3%
Crime rate315203
Commute30.6 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.2%
Population change+1.7%+2.1%
Wildfire risk51.086.6
Flood risk94.754.1
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.