Connecticut vs Louisiana
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 Louisiana 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.
MeasureConnecticutLouisiana
Home price$455,424$217,968
Rent paid$1,537$1,056
Cost of living112.792.3
Income$96,049$60,986
Property tax1.54%0.55%
Income tax6.99%3.00%
Sales tax6.35%10.13%
Electric bill$204$157
Temperature51.3°F69.3°F
Snowfall25.9 in0.8 in
Precipitation42.5 in54.0 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.9
Bachelor's or higher42.6%27.8%
Crime rate136520
Commute27.0 min26.2 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change+2.2%-0.9%
Wildfire risk45.048.0
Flood risk95.880.1
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.