Connecticut vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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.
MeasureConnecticutNorth Carolina
Home price$455,424$340,430
Rent paid$1,537$1,215
Cost of living112.797.8
Income$96,049$73,958
Property tax1.54%0.66%
Income tax6.99%3.99%
Sales tax6.35%7.10%
Electric bill$204$151
Temperature51.3°F60.3°F
Snowfall25.9 in2.3 in
Precipitation42.5 in42.5 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.316.4
Bachelor's or higher42.6%37.1%
Crime rate136376
Commute27.0 min25.7 min
Unemployment5.2%3.6%
Population change+2.2%+7.2%
Wildfire risk45.053.8
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.