Connecticut vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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.
MeasureConnecticutKansas
Home price$455,424$252,794
Rent paid$1,537$1,051
Cost of living112.788.8
Income$96,049$75,514
Property tax1.54%1.21%
Income tax6.99%5.58%
Sales tax6.35%8.71%
Electric bill$204$131
Temperature51.3°F56.7°F
Snowfall25.9 in17.2 in
Precipitation42.5 in33.5 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.6
Bachelor's or higher42.6%36.0%
Crime rate136439
Commute27.0 min20.0 min
Unemployment5.2%3.8%
Population change+2.2%+1.3%
Wildfire risk45.070.0
Flood risk95.869.4
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.