New York 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 York 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 YorkVermont
Home price$525,947$402,017
Rent paid$1,671$1,239
Cost of living125.1113.6
Income$85,820$82,730
Property tax1.30%1.51%
Income tax10.90%8.75%
Sales tax8.54%6.43%
Electric bill$164$141
Temperature52.4°F44.3°F
Snowfall39.2 in97.9 in
Precipitation37.2 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.611.5
Bachelor's or higher41.2%45.1%
Crime rate380219
Commute33.2 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.6%2.6%
Population change-1.0%+0.2%
Wildfire risk34.821.0
Flood risk94.664.8
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.