Vermont vs Washington
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Vermont comes out ahead on 11 of them and Washington on 4, 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.
MeasureVermontWashington
Home price$402,017$603,303
Rent paid$1,239$1,712
Cost of living113.6114.1
Income$82,730$99,389
Property tax1.51%0.75%
Income tax8.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.43%9.57%
Electric bill$141$130
Temperature44.3°F50°F
Snowfall97.9 in5.4 in
Precipitation42.4 in56.5 in
Sunshine3.64 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.518.3
Bachelor's or higher45.1%41.0%
Crime rate219326
Commute23.9 min27.2 min
Unemployment2.6%5.2%
Population change+0.2%+3.8%
Wildfire risk21.074.2
Flood risk64.891.4
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.