Arizona vs Vermont
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 4 of them and Vermont 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.
MeasureArizonaVermont
Home price$422,822$402,017
Rent paid$1,518$1,239
Cost of living110.7113.6
Income$81,486$82,730
Property tax0.48%1.51%
Income tax2.50%8.75%
Sales tax8.54%6.43%
Electric bill$161$141
Temperature70.7°F44.3°F
Snowfall2.0 in97.9 in
Precipitation9.0 in42.4 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.911.5
Bachelor's or higher34.7%45.1%
Crime rate422219
Commute26.4 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.9%2.6%
Population change+6.5%+0.2%
Wildfire risk98.221.0
Flood risk98.364.8
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.