Arizona vs Connecticut
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 9 of them and Connecticut on 6, 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.
MeasureArizonaConnecticut
Home price$422,822$455,424
Rent paid$1,518$1,537
Cost of living110.7112.7
Income$81,486$96,049
Property tax0.48%1.54%
Income tax2.50%6.99%
Sales tax8.54%6.35%
Electric bill$161$204
Temperature70.7°F51.3°F
Snowfall2.0 in25.9 in
Precipitation9.0 in42.5 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.912.3
Bachelor's or higher34.7%42.6%
Crime rate422136
Commute26.4 min27.0 min
Unemployment4.9%5.2%
Population change+6.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk98.245.0
Flood risk98.395.8
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.