Michigan 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.
Michigan 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.
MeasureMichiganVermont
Home price$269,972$402,017
Rent paid$1,117$1,239
Cost of living90.1113.6
Income$72,389$82,730
Property tax1.19%1.51%
Income tax4.25%8.75%
Sales tax6.00%6.43%
Electric bill$131$141
Temperature48.9°F44.3°F
Snowfall47.5 in97.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.911.5
Bachelor's or higher33.3%45.1%
Crime rate434219
Commute24.3 min23.9 min
Unemployment5.0%2.6%
Population change+0.5%+0.2%
Wildfire risk39.821.0
Flood risk84.664.8
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.