Connecticut vs Idaho
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 5 of them and Idaho 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.
MeasureConnecticutIdaho
Home price$455,424$482,199
Rent paid$1,537$1,251
Cost of living112.799.9
Income$96,049$81,166
Property tax1.54%0.50%
Income tax6.99%5.30%
Sales tax6.35%6.03%
Electric bill$204$112
Temperature51.3°F50.2°F
Snowfall25.9 in17.8 in
Precipitation42.5 in17.4 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.318.4
Bachelor's or higher42.6%33.0%
Crime rate136231
Commute27.0 min22.2 min
Unemployment5.2%3.7%
Population change+2.2%+10.4%
Wildfire risk45.090.4
Flood risk95.869.5
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.