Connecticut vs Texas
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 6 of them and Texas on 9, 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.
MeasureConnecticutTexas
Home price$455,424$302,999
Rent paid$1,537$1,386
Cost of living112.792.1
Income$96,049$79,721
Property tax1.54%1.40%
Income tax6.99%0.00%
Sales tax6.35%8.20%
Electric bill$204$174
Temperature51.3°F69.7°F
Snowfall25.9 in1.0 in
Precipitation42.5 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.315.1
Bachelor's or higher42.6%35.2%
Crime rate136389
Commute27.0 min27.5 min
Unemployment5.2%4.4%
Population change+2.2%+8.8%
Wildfire risk45.083.5
Flood risk95.889.2
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.