Delaware 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.
Delaware 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.
MeasureDelawareVermont
Home price$412,252$402,017
Rent paid$1,378$1,239
Cost of living101.9113.6
Income$87,534$82,730
Property tax0.54%1.51%
Income tax6.60%8.75%
Sales tax0.00%6.43%
Electric bill$167$141
Temperature55.7°F44.3°F
Snowfall13.6 in97.9 in
Precipitation39.5 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.811.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%45.1%
Crime rate361219
Commute26.8 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.9%2.6%
Population change+7.1%+0.2%
Wildfire risk67.421.0
Flood risk93.764.8
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.