Connecticut vs New York
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 9 of them and New York on 6, 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 York
Home price$455,424$525,947
Rent paid$1,537$1,671
Cost of living112.7125.1
Income$96,049$85,820
Property tax1.54%1.30%
Income tax6.99%10.90%
Sales tax6.35%8.54%
Electric bill$204$164
Temperature51.3°F52.4°F
Snowfall25.9 in39.2 in
Precipitation42.5 in37.2 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.311.6
Bachelor's or higher42.6%41.2%
Crime rate136380
Commute27.0 min33.2 min
Unemployment5.2%4.6%
Population change+2.2%-1.0%
Wildfire risk45.034.8
Flood risk95.894.6
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.