Vermont vs West Virginia
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 9 of them and West Virginia on 6, 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.
MeasureVermontWest Virginia
Home price$402,017$182,704
Rent paid$1,239$868
Cost of living113.688.3
Income$82,730$60,798
Property tax1.51%0.51%
Income tax8.75%4.82%
Sales tax6.43%6.60%
Electric bill$141$167
Temperature44.3°F53.9°F
Snowfall97.9 in22.9 in
Precipitation42.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.64 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.513.7
Bachelor's or higher45.1%24.4%
Crime rate219249
Commute23.9 min26.5 min
Unemployment2.6%4.2%
Population change+0.2%-1.5%
Wildfire risk21.041.2
Flood risk64.879.2
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.