Connecticut vs Minnesota
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 7 of them and Minnesota on 8, 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.
MeasureConnecticutMinnesota
Home price$455,424$356,887
Rent paid$1,537$1,272
Cost of living112.794.6
Income$96,049$87,117
Property tax1.54%1.00%
Income tax6.99%9.85%
Sales tax6.35%8.14%
Electric bill$204$119
Temperature51.3°F45.6°F
Snowfall25.9 in30.7 in
Precipitation42.5 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.315.7
Bachelor's or higher42.6%40.0%
Crime rate136257
Commute27.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change+2.2%+2.2%
Wildfire risk45.057.4
Flood risk95.879.3
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.