Texas 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.
Texas comes out ahead on 5 of them and Vermont on 10, 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.
MeasureTexasVermont
Home price$302,999$402,017
Rent paid$1,386$1,239
Cost of living92.1113.6
Income$79,721$82,730
Property tax1.40%1.51%
Income tax0.00%8.75%
Sales tax8.20%6.43%
Electric bill$174$141
Temperature69.7°F44.3°F
Snowfall1.0 in97.9 in
Precipitation33.1 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.77 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.111.5
Bachelor's or higher35.2%45.1%
Crime rate389219
Commute27.5 min23.9 min
Unemployment4.4%2.6%
Population change+8.8%+0.2%
Wildfire risk83.521.0
Flood risk89.264.8
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.