Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaVermont
Home price$294,099$402,017
Rent paid$1,224$1,239
Cost of living97.2113.6
Income$77,545$82,730
Property tax1.26%1.51%
Income tax3.07%8.75%
Sales tax6.34%6.43%
Electric bill$173$141
Temperature52°F44.3°F
Snowfall21.7 in97.9 in
Precipitation39.6 in42.4 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.511.5
Bachelor's or higher36.4%45.1%
Crime rate246219
Commute27.1 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.1%2.6%
Population change+0.4%+0.2%
Wildfire risk38.721.0
Flood risk92.364.8
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.