Connecticut vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania on 11, 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.
MeasureConnecticutPennsylvania
Home price$455,424$294,099
Rent paid$1,537$1,224
Cost of living112.797.2
Income$96,049$77,545
Property tax1.54%1.26%
Income tax6.99%3.07%
Sales tax6.35%6.34%
Electric bill$204$173
Temperature51.3°F52°F
Snowfall25.9 in21.7 in
Precipitation42.5 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.5
Bachelor's or higher42.6%36.4%
Crime rate136246
Commute27.0 min27.1 min
Unemployment5.2%4.1%
Population change+2.2%+0.4%
Wildfire risk45.038.7
Flood risk95.892.3
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.