Kentucky 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.
Kentucky 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.
MeasureKentuckyVermont
Home price$235,363$402,017
Rent paid$957$1,239
Cost of living92.5113.6
Income$64,526$82,730
Property tax0.74%1.51%
Income tax3.50%8.75%
Sales tax6.00%6.43%
Electric bill$155$141
Temperature56.9°F44.3°F
Snowfall13.4 in97.9 in
Precipitation57.0 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.611.5
Bachelor's or higher27.9%45.1%
Crime rate213219
Commute24.5 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.7%2.6%
Population change+2.2%+0.2%
Wildfire risk34.421.0
Flood risk70.464.8
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.