Maine 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.
Maine comes out ahead on 7 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.
MeasureMaineVermont
Home price$424,107$402,017
Rent paid$1,169$1,239
Cost of living113113.6
Income$76,442$82,730
Property tax0.98%1.51%
Income tax7.15%8.75%
Sales tax5.50%6.43%
Electric bill$155$141
Temperature44.8°F44.3°F
Snowfall66.8 in97.9 in
Precipitation39.1 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.511.5
Bachelor's or higher37.1%45.1%
Crime rate100219
Commute25.6 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.1%2.6%
Population change+3.8%+0.2%
Wildfire risk32.321.0
Flood risk67.164.8
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.