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Vermont

Above-median composite Life Score — grade B, 67th percentile of the national corpus.

54.4
Life Score / 100
B
Grade (curved)
#17
of 51 states
67%
composite percentile

Data updated August 2026

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The verdict

Vermont is above-median composite Life Score — #17 of 51 (54.4/100, grade B, 67th percentile). Carried by environment at 92/100; held back most by schools at 14/100.

67th
composite percentile
#17
of 51 peers
43rd
cost dimension percentile
69th
wages dimension percentile

Life Score shape · UPPER · ENVIRO-LED

Vermont at a glance

Vermont is a UPPER-band ENVIRO-LED state: environment leads at 92/100 while schools drags at 14/100 (MID cost · HIGH wages). According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Vermont ranks #17 of 51 states by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #29 of 51 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.

Where Vermont sits among all US states

Composite Life Score vs the 50 states + DC

54 67th percentile higher than 67% of 51 US states

25–30: 1 US states (2%). Below this entry. 30–35: 2 US states (4%). Below this entry. 35–40: 4 US states (8%). Below this entry. 40–45: 6 US states (12%). Below this entry. 45–50: 10 US states (20%). Below this entry. 50–55: 12 US states (24%). This entry sits in this band. 55–60: 10 US states (20%). Above this entry. 60–65: 4 US states (8%). Above this entry. 65–70: 2 US states (4%). Above this entry. This state 25 70 every US state, bucketed by value

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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data

Dimension detail

How Vermont scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 44/100 (20%)
Wages 70/100 (20%)
Rent 24/100 (15%)
Safety 80/100 (15%)
Schools 14/100 (10%)
Childcare -/100 (10%)
Environment 92/100 (10%)

Read with Vermont

Nearest composite peers and cost poles (UPPER · MID/HIGH).

Texas

ABS(composite) peer at 54.1 (Δ 0.3 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade B vs this page's UPPER · ENVIRO-LED · MID/HIGH.

Georgia

ABS(composite) peer at 54.0 (Δ 0.4 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade B vs this page's UPPER · ENVIRO-LED · MID/HIGH.

Kansas

ABS(composite) peer at 55.6 (Δ 1.2 vs this state); higher Life Score · grade B vs this page's UPPER · ENVIRO-LED · MID/HIGH.

Wisconsin

ABS(composite) peer at 55.8 (Δ 1.4 vs this state); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · ENVIRO-LED · MID/HIGH.

Minnesota (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 42/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp MID vs this state's MID.

Pennsylvania (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 46/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp MID vs this state's MID.
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