North Carolina 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.
North Carolina 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaVermont
Home price$340,430$402,017
Rent paid$1,215$1,239
Cost of living97.8113.6
Income$73,958$82,730
Property tax0.66%1.51%
Income tax3.99%8.75%
Sales tax7.10%6.43%
Electric bill$151$141
Temperature60.3°F44.3°F
Snowfall2.3 in97.9 in
Precipitation42.5 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.411.5
Bachelor's or higher37.1%45.1%
Crime rate376219
Commute25.7 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.6%2.6%
Population change+7.2%+0.2%
Wildfire risk53.821.0
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.