Connecticut vs Michigan
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 4 of them and Michigan on 11, 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.
MeasureConnecticutMichigan
Home price$455,424$269,972
Rent paid$1,537$1,117
Cost of living112.790.1
Income$96,049$72,389
Property tax1.54%1.19%
Income tax6.99%4.25%
Sales tax6.35%6.00%
Electric bill$204$131
Temperature51.3°F48.9°F
Snowfall25.9 in47.5 in
Precipitation42.5 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.316.9
Bachelor's or higher42.6%33.3%
Crime rate136434
Commute27.0 min24.3 min
Unemployment5.2%5.0%
Population change+2.2%+0.5%
Wildfire risk45.039.8
Flood risk95.884.6
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.