Connecticut vs New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire 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.
MeasureConnecticutNew Hampshire
Home price$455,424$522,944
Rent paid$1,537$1,488
Cost of living112.7111.4
Income$96,049$99,782
Property tax1.54%1.50%
Income tax6.99%0.00%
Sales tax6.35%0.00%
Electric bill$204$168
Temperature51.3°F46.7°F
Snowfall25.9 in50.6 in
Precipitation42.5 in40.2 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.311.4
Bachelor's or higher42.6%41.5%
Crime rate136110
Commute27.0 min27.5 min
Unemployment5.2%2.9%
Population change+2.2%+2.7%
Wildfire risk45.045.2
Flood risk95.885.5
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.