Louisiana 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.
Louisiana 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.
MeasureLouisianaVermont
Home price$217,968$402,017
Rent paid$1,056$1,239
Cost of living92.3113.6
Income$60,986$82,730
Property tax0.55%1.51%
Income tax3.00%8.75%
Sales tax10.13%6.43%
Electric bill$157$141
Temperature69.3°F44.3°F
Snowfall0.8 in97.9 in
Precipitation54.0 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.911.5
Bachelor's or higher27.8%45.1%
Crime rate520219
Commute26.2 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.4%2.6%
Population change-0.9%+0.2%
Wildfire risk48.021.0
Flood risk80.164.8
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.