Kansas 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.
Kansas 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.
MeasureKansasVermont
Home price$252,794$402,017
Rent paid$1,051$1,239
Cost of living88.8113.6
Income$75,514$82,730
Property tax1.21%1.51%
Income tax5.58%8.75%
Sales tax8.71%6.43%
Electric bill$131$141
Temperature56.7°F44.3°F
Snowfall17.2 in97.9 in
Precipitation33.5 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.611.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%45.1%
Crime rate439219
Commute20.0 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.8%2.6%
Population change+1.3%+0.2%
Wildfire risk70.021.0
Flood risk69.464.8
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.