Iowa 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.
Iowa comes out ahead on 9 of them and Vermont on 6, 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.
MeasureIowaVermont
Home price$241,255$402,017
Rent paid$957$1,239
Cost of living89.7113.6
Income$75,501$82,730
Property tax1.33%1.51%
Income tax3.80%8.75%
Sales tax6.94%6.43%
Electric bill$119$141
Temperature50.4°F44.3°F
Snowfall26.3 in97.9 in
Precipitation34.1 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.411.5
Bachelor's or higher32.1%45.1%
Crime rate243219
Commute20.4 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.2%2.6%
Population change+1.5%+0.2%
Wildfire risk45.321.0
Flood risk62.664.8
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.