Connecticut vs Oregon
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 7 of them and Oregon on 7, 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.
MeasureConnecticutOregon
Home price$455,424$504,432
Rent paid$1,537$1,497
Cost of living112.7111.8
Income$96,049$85,220
Property tax1.54%0.81%
Income tax6.99%9.90%
Sales tax6.35%0.00%
Electric bill$204$132
Temperature51.3°F51.9°F
Snowfall25.9 in9.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in50.9 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.318.4
Bachelor's or higher42.6%37.8%
Crime rate136331
Commute27.0 min23.2 min
Unemployment5.2%5.2%
Population change+2.2%+0.9%
Wildfire risk45.070.7
Flood risk95.887.9
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.