Arkansas 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.
Arkansas comes out ahead on 8 of them and Vermont on 7, 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.
MeasureArkansasVermont
Home price$228,662$402,017
Rent paid$938$1,239
Cost of living89.6113.6
Income$62,106$82,730
Property tax0.56%1.51%
Income tax3.90%8.75%
Sales tax9.48%6.43%
Electric bill$139$141
Temperature62.2°F44.3°F
Snowfall6.8 in97.9 in
Precipitation52.1 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.42 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.611.5
Bachelor's or higher27.1%45.1%
Crime rate579219
Commute22.7 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.1%2.6%
Population change+3.4%+0.2%
Wildfire risk64.721.0
Flood risk72.364.8
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.