Maryland 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.
Maryland comes out ahead on 5 of them and Vermont on 10, 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.
MeasureMarylandVermont
Home price$436,104$402,017
Rent paid$1,732$1,239
Cost of living115.4113.6
Income$102,905$82,730
Property tax0.92%1.51%
Income tax6.50%8.75%
Sales tax6.00%6.43%
Electric bill$209$141
Temperature56.1°F44.3°F
Snowfall15.2 in97.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.611.5
Bachelor's or higher44.7%45.1%
Crime rate420219
Commute32.3 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.3%2.6%
Population change+1.4%+0.2%
Wildfire risk33.521.0
Flood risk81.764.8
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.