Vermont vs Wisconsin
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 6 of them and Wisconsin 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.
MeasureVermontWisconsin
Home price$402,017$342,279
Rent paid$1,239$1,071
Cost of living113.697.7
Income$82,730$77,488
Property tax1.51%1.32%
Income tax8.75%7.65%
Sales tax6.43%5.72%
Electric bill$141$124
Temperature44.3°F46.7°F
Snowfall97.9 in40.1 in
Precipitation42.4 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.64 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.513.9
Bachelor's or higher45.1%34.6%
Crime rate219279
Commute23.9 min22.7 min
Unemployment2.6%3.3%
Population change+0.2%+1.3%
Wildfire risk21.034.9
Flood risk64.878.5
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.