Connecticut vs Tennessee
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 Tennessee 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.
MeasureConnecticutTennessee
Home price$455,424$338,769
Rent paid$1,537$1,171
Cost of living112.790.3
Income$96,049$71,997
Property tax1.54%0.52%
Income tax6.99%0.00%
Sales tax6.35%9.61%
Electric bill$204$163
Temperature51.3°F60.1°F
Snowfall25.9 in4.8 in
Precipitation42.5 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher42.6%32.4%
Crime rate136592
Commute27.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.2%3.5%
Population change+2.2%+5.8%
Wildfire risk45.048.1
Flood risk95.876.4
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.