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Massachusetts vs. Connecticut

How Massachusetts and Connecticut compare on income, rent, home values, crime, electricity prices and the commute to work, each next to the U.S. figure and linked to its chart, where you'll find its public source, its date and every state's numbers.

The biggest differences

  • The violent crime rate is 2.7 times as high in Massachusetts (301 per 100,000 people) as in Connecticut (111.1).
  • Median home value is 53% higher in Massachusetts ($562,100) than in Connecticut ($366,900).
  • Median rent is 18% higher in Massachusetts ($1,762 a month) than in Connecticut ($1,488).

The two are about the same on the home electricity price.

Side by side

Income, rent, home values and the commute are Census Bureau survey estimates averaged over five years, shown with ± their margin of error; two figures are called about the same when they differ by less than 5% or by less than those margins. Crime rates count only the police agencies that reported to the FBI.