Connecticut vs Iowa
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 Iowa 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.
MeasureConnecticutIowa
Home price$455,424$241,255
Rent paid$1,537$957
Cost of living112.789.7
Income$96,049$75,501
Property tax1.54%1.33%
Income tax6.99%3.80%
Sales tax6.35%6.94%
Electric bill$204$119
Temperature51.3°F50.4°F
Snowfall25.9 in26.3 in
Precipitation42.5 in34.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.314.4
Bachelor's or higher42.6%32.1%
Crime rate136243
Commute27.0 min20.4 min
Unemployment5.2%3.2%
Population change+2.2%+1.5%
Wildfire risk45.045.3
Flood risk95.862.6
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.