Colorado 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.
Colorado comes out ahead on 6 of them and Vermont on 9, 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.
MeasureColoradoVermont
Home price$543,435$402,017
Rent paid$1,727$1,239
Cost of living102.7113.6
Income$97,113$82,730
Property tax0.50%1.51%
Income tax4.40%8.75%
Sales tax7.89%6.43%
Electric bill$109$141
Temperature49.7°F44.3°F
Snowfall39.1 in97.9 in
Precipitation15.8 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.611.5
Bachelor's or higher47.8%45.1%
Crime rate476219
Commute25.7 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.9%2.6%
Population change+4.1%+0.2%
Wildfire risk86.921.0
Flood risk85.464.8
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.