Connecticut vs Indiana
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 4 of them and Indiana on 11, 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.
MeasureConnecticutIndiana
Home price$455,424$262,265
Rent paid$1,537$1,063
Cost of living112.791
Income$96,049$71,959
Property tax1.54%0.76%
Income tax6.99%2.95%
Sales tax6.35%7.00%
Electric bill$204$160
Temperature51.3°F52.6°F
Snowfall25.9 in26.8 in
Precipitation42.5 in38.0 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.315.5
Bachelor's or higher42.6%30.7%
Crime rate136313
Commute27.0 min24.6 min
Unemployment5.2%3.3%
Population change+2.2%+2.8%
Wildfire risk45.024.6
Flood risk95.875.8
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.