Connecticut vs Utah
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 5 of them and Utah 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.
MeasureConnecticutUtah
Home price$455,424$541,692
Rent paid$1,537$1,489
Cost of living112.7102.2
Income$96,049$96,658
Property tax1.54%0.48%
Income tax6.99%4.50%
Sales tax6.35%7.42%
Electric bill$204$102
Temperature51.3°F51.6°F
Snowfall25.9 in65.6 in
Precipitation42.5 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.321.9
Bachelor's or higher42.6%39.1%
Crime rate136230
Commute27.0 min23.2 min
Unemployment5.2%3.6%
Population change+2.2%+8.2%
Wildfire risk45.095.3
Flood risk95.874.6
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.