Connecticut vs Washington
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 9 of them and Washington on 5, 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.
MeasureConnecticutWashington
Home price$455,424$603,303
Rent paid$1,537$1,712
Cost of living112.7114.1
Income$96,049$99,389
Property tax1.54%0.75%
Income tax6.99%0.00%
Sales tax6.35%9.57%
Electric bill$204$130
Temperature51.3°F50°F
Snowfall25.9 in5.4 in
Precipitation42.5 in56.5 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.318.3
Bachelor's or higher42.6%41.0%
Crime rate136326
Commute27.0 min27.2 min
Unemployment5.2%5.2%
Population change+2.2%+3.8%
Wildfire risk45.074.2
Flood risk95.891.4
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.