California 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.
California comes out ahead on 4 of them and Connecticut on 10, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaConnecticut
Home price$775,549$455,424
Rent paid$2,042$1,537
Cost of living142.3112.7
Income$100,149$96,049
Property tax0.70%1.54%
Income tax13.30%6.99%
Sales tax9.03%6.35%
Electric bill$161$204
Temperature62.7°F51.3°F
Snowfall4.3 in25.9 in
Precipitation18.4 in42.5 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.912.3
Bachelor's or higher38.1%42.6%
Crime rate486136
Commute29.7 min27.0 min
Unemployment5.2%5.2%
Population change-0.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk96.845.0
Flood risk98.595.8
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.