Connecticut vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming on 11, 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.
MeasureConnecticutWyoming
Home price$455,424$372,526
Rent paid$1,537$1,010
Cost of living112.793.7
Income$96,049$75,532
Property tax1.54%0.53%
Income tax6.99%0.00%
Sales tax6.35%5.39%
Electric bill$204$115
Temperature51.3°F45.1°F
Snowfall25.9 in44.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.312.5
Bachelor's or higher42.6%32.3%
Crime rate136203
Commute27.0 min19.7 min
Unemployment5.2%3.2%
Population change+2.2%+2.1%
Wildfire risk45.086.6
Flood risk95.854.1
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.