Connecticut vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureConnecticutVirginia
Home price$455,424$419,920
Rent paid$1,537$1,599
Cost of living112.7100.8
Income$96,049$92,090
Property tax1.54%0.78%
Income tax6.99%5.75%
Sales tax6.35%5.77%
Electric bill$204$173
Temperature51.3°F57.6°F
Snowfall25.9 in11.3 in
Precipitation42.5 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.314.0
Bachelor's or higher42.6%43.3%
Crime rate136218
Commute27.0 min28.3 min
Unemployment5.2%3.7%
Population change+2.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk45.033.1
Flood risk95.867.2
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.