Connecticut vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureConnecticutOhio
Home price$455,424$251,502
Rent paid$1,537$1,030
Cost of living112.794.3
Income$96,049$72,212
Property tax1.54%1.36%
Income tax6.99%2.75%
Sales tax6.35%7.29%
Electric bill$204$158
Temperature51.3°F52°F
Snowfall25.9 in25.7 in
Precipitation42.5 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.317.3
Bachelor's or higher42.6%32.4%
Crime rate136294
Commute27.0 min23.8 min
Unemployment5.2%3.6%
Population change+2.2%+0.9%
Wildfire risk45.036.7
Flood risk95.884.9
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.