Minnesota 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.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 7 of them and Vermont on 8, 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.
MeasureMinnesotaVermont
Home price$356,887$402,017
Rent paid$1,272$1,239
Cost of living94.6113.6
Income$87,117$82,730
Property tax1.00%1.51%
Income tax9.85%8.75%
Sales tax8.14%6.43%
Electric bill$119$141
Temperature45.6°F44.3°F
Snowfall30.7 in97.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.711.5
Bachelor's or higher40.0%45.1%
Crime rate257219
Commute22.7 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.4%2.6%
Population change+2.2%+0.2%
Wildfire risk57.421.0
Flood risk79.364.8
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.