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Connecticut

Bottom-quartile composite Life Score — grade C-, 18th percentile of the national corpus.

40.6
Life Score / 100
C-
Grade (curved)
#42
of 51 states
18%
composite percentile

Data updated August 2026

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The verdict

Connecticut is bottom-quartile composite Life Score — #42 of 51 (40.6/100, grade C-, 18th percentile). Carried by safety at 96/100; held back most by childcare at 7/100.

18th
composite percentile
#42
of 51 peers
18th
cost dimension percentile
78th
wages dimension percentile

Life Score shape · LOWER · SAFE-LED

Connecticut at a glance

Connecticut is a LOWER-band SAFE-LED state: safety leads at 96/100 while childcare drags at 7/100 (DEAR cost · HIGH wages). According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Connecticut ranks #42 of 51 states by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #42 of 51 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.

Where Connecticut sits among all US states

Composite Life Score vs the 50 states + DC

41 18th percentile higher than 18% of 51 US states

25–30: 1 US states (2%). Below this entry. 30–35: 2 US states (4%). Below this entry. 35–40: 4 US states (8%). Below this entry. 40–45: 6 US states (12%). This entry sits in this band. 45–50: 10 US states (20%). Above this entry. 50–55: 12 US states (24%). Above this entry. 55–60: 10 US states (20%). Above this entry. 60–65: 4 US states (8%). Above this entry. 65–70: 2 US states (4%). Above this entry. This state 25 70 every US state, bucketed by value

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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data

Dimension detail

How Connecticut scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 18/100 (20%)
Wages 80/100 (20%)
Rent 10/100 (15%)
Safety 96/100 (15%)
Schools 16/100 (10%)
Childcare 7/100 (10%)
Environment 28/100 (10%)

Read with Connecticut

Nearest composite peers and cost poles (LOWER · DEAR/HIGH).

California

ABS(composite) peer at 40.1 (Δ 0.5 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH.

Delaware

ABS(composite) peer at 40.0 (Δ 0.6 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH.

South Carolina

ABS(composite) peer at 41.3 (Δ 0.7 vs this state); higher Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH.

Montana

ABS(composite) peer at 38.7 (Δ 1.9 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade C- vs this page's LOWER · SAFE-LED · DEAR/HIGH.

Florida (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 20/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp DEAR vs this state's DEAR.

New Hampshire (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 16/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp DEAR vs this state's DEAR.
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Data sourced from official public datasets, current as of 2026. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainCompare