MoverMath

Rankings

Every state ordered on every measure. Where a measure has a better end — price, schools, air quality — it is listed once, in that direction. Where it has none — snowfall, temperature, median age — it is listed both ways, since the order describes the states rather than ranking them.

Housing

Money

Taxes

Weather

Utilities

Gardening

Place

Transportation

Schools

Sports

Jobs

Health

Risk

Head to head

Any two states side by side on the twenty measures that tend to decide a move. Some of the most looked-at pairs:

Figures come from the same data as the map. Each ranking names its source and says which places are missing from it. How this is built