Connecticut vs Massachusetts
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 8 of them and Massachusetts on 7, 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.
MeasureConnecticutMassachusetts
Home price$455,424$672,867
Rent paid$1,537$1,788
Cost of living112.7141.2
Income$96,049$104,828
Property tax1.54%1.00%
Income tax6.99%9.00%
Sales tax6.35%6.25%
Electric bill$204$183
Temperature51.3°F50.1°F
Snowfall25.9 in29.5 in
Precipitation42.5 in42.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.312.0
Bachelor's or higher42.6%48.3%
Crime rate136315
Commute27.0 min30.6 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change+2.2%+1.7%
Wildfire risk45.051.0
Flood risk95.894.7
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.