<p class="ingestion featured-caption">WalletHub ranked Massachusetts the No. 1 state to live in.Sergii Figurnyi/Shutterstock</p><ul class="summary-list"><li><a target="_blank" class href="https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-live-in/62617">WalletHub</a> released its 2024 ranking of the best states to live in.</li><li>The study considered metrics including affordability, economy, and safety.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sylvester-stallone-california-to-florida-less-tax-2024-2">Sylvester Stallone</a>, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/it-ends-with-us-blake-lively-justin-baldoni-feud-rumors-2024-8">Blake Lively</a>, and <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amanda-seyfried-theranos-elizabeth-holmes-prison-sentence-fair-sympathizes-kids-2023-5">Amanda Seyfried</a> have more in common than their professions. All three Hollywood A-listers moved out of California as participants in a <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/celebrities-left-los-angeles-california-why-where-they-moved-2024-6">growing trend of people leaving the Golden State</a>.</p><p>In July, Business Insider reported that "high taxes, expensive home prices, and challenging social and political conditions" are some of the factors influencing recent moves. It should come as little surprise, then, that <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/moved-new-england-to-california-regrets-came-back-connecticut-2024-7">California failed to rank in the top 10 states</a> to live in, per a new report released by WalletHub.</p><p>The personal-finance company <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/50-states-ranked-according-to-frequent-traveler-2024-8">compared each of the 50 states</a> across five categories: affordability, economy, education and health, quality of life, and safety.</p><p>Within these categories, WalletHub evaluated what its report called "key indicators of livability," such as the cost of living, unemployment rate, crime rate, access to activities, and quality of local school and health systems.</p><p>From Florida to New York, here's a look at the top 10 states to live in, according to the study.</p>