Connecticut vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureConnecticutMissouri
Home price$455,424$271,597
Rent paid$1,537$1,030
Cost of living112.789
Income$96,049$71,589
Property tax1.54%0.89%
Income tax6.99%4.70%
Sales tax6.35%8.44%
Electric bill$204$145
Temperature51.3°F56.9°F
Snowfall25.9 in14.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in37.4 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.0
Bachelor's or higher42.6%33.5%
Crime rate136462
Commute27.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment5.2%3.7%
Population change+2.2%+1.9%
Wildfire risk45.054.0
Flood risk95.879.4
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.