Connecticut vs North Dakota
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 Dakota 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 Dakota
Home price$455,424$293,556
Rent paid$1,537$931
Cost of living112.791.4
Income$96,049$77,871
Property tax1.54%0.92%
Income tax6.99%2.50%
Sales tax6.35%7.09%
Electric bill$204$133
Temperature51.3°F42.4°F
Snowfall25.9 in23.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in20.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.311.7
Bachelor's or higher42.6%34.0%
Crime rate136254
Commute27.0 min17.5 min
Unemployment5.2%2.3%
Population change+2.2%+2.6%
Wildfire risk45.065.1
Flood risk95.849.2
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.