New Jersey 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.
New Jersey comes out ahead on 3 of them and Vermont on 12, 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.
MeasureNew JerseyVermont
Home price$584,681$402,017
Rent paid$1,719$1,239
Cost of living115.1113.6
Income$104,294$82,730
Property tax1.88%1.51%
Income tax10.75%8.75%
Sales tax6.60%6.43%
Electric bill$159$141
Temperature54.1°F44.3°F
Snowfall17.4 in97.9 in
Precipitation38.7 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.811.5
Bachelor's or higher44.5%45.1%
Crime rate218219
Commute31.9 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.5%2.6%
Population change+2.8%+0.2%
Wildfire risk50.621.0
Flood risk95.764.8
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.