Connecticut vs Kentucky
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 3 of them and Kentucky on 12, 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.
MeasureConnecticutKentucky
Home price$455,424$235,363
Rent paid$1,537$957
Cost of living112.792.5
Income$96,049$64,526
Property tax1.54%0.74%
Income tax6.99%3.50%
Sales tax6.35%6.00%
Electric bill$204$155
Temperature51.3°F56.9°F
Snowfall25.9 in13.4 in
Precipitation42.5 in57.0 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.315.6
Bachelor's or higher42.6%27.9%
Crime rate136213
Commute27.0 min24.5 min
Unemployment5.2%4.7%
Population change+2.2%+2.2%
Wildfire risk45.034.4
Flood risk95.870.4
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.