Virginia 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.
Virginia comes out ahead on 7 of them and Vermont on 8, 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.
MeasureVirginiaVermont
Home price$419,920$402,017
Rent paid$1,599$1,239
Cost of living100.8113.6
Income$92,090$82,730
Property tax0.78%1.51%
Income tax5.75%8.75%
Sales tax5.77%6.43%
Electric bill$173$141
Temperature57.6°F44.3°F
Snowfall11.3 in97.9 in
Precipitation40.8 in42.4 in
Sunshine4.24 kWh/m²3.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.011.5
Bachelor's or higher43.3%45.1%
Crime rate218219
Commute28.3 min23.9 min
Unemployment3.7%2.6%
Population change+2.9%+0.2%
Wildfire risk33.121.0
Flood risk67.264.8
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.