Connecticut vs Florida
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 7 of them and Florida on 8, 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.
MeasureConnecticutFlorida
Home price$455,424$378,126
Rent paid$1,537$1,644
Cost of living112.7102.2
Income$96,049$77,735
Property tax1.54%0.78%
Income tax6.99%0.00%
Sales tax6.35%6.98%
Electric bill$204$169
Temperature51.3°F74°F
Snowfall25.9 in0.2 in
Precipitation42.5 in43.3 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.318.5
Bachelor's or higher42.6%35.8%
Crime rate136267
Commute27.0 min28.9 min
Unemployment5.2%4.7%
Population change+2.2%+8.9%
Wildfire risk45.092.8
Flood risk95.893.1
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.