Missouri 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.
Missouri 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.
MeasureMissouriVermont
Home price$271,597$402,017
Rent paid$1,030$1,239
Cost of living89113.6
Income$71,589$82,730
Property tax0.89%1.51%
Income tax4.70%8.75%
Sales tax8.44%6.43%
Electric bill$145$141
Temperature56.9°F44.3°F
Snowfall14.0 in97.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.011.5
Bachelor's or higher33.5%45.1%
Crime rate462219
Commute24.0 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.7%2.6%
Population change+1.9%+0.2%
Wildfire risk54.021.0
Flood risk79.464.8
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.