Vermont vs Wyoming
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 4 of them and Wyoming on 11, 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.
MeasureVermontWyoming
Home price$402,017$372,526
Rent paid$1,239$1,010
Cost of living113.693.7
Income$82,730$75,532
Property tax1.51%0.53%
Income tax8.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.43%5.39%
Electric bill$141$115
Temperature44.3°F45.1°F
Snowfall97.9 in44.9 in
Precipitation42.4 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.64 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.512.5
Bachelor's or higher45.1%32.3%
Crime rate219203
Commute23.9 min19.7 min
Unemployment2.6%3.2%
Population change+0.2%+2.1%
Wildfire risk21.086.6
Flood risk64.854.1
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.