QUALITY OF PLACE

Healthy places – Vermont’s heritage of natural landscape and community life – are as essential to Vermont’s economic future as to its history.

Key Performance Indicators

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  • New Housing Units (2021)

    11% increase in permits from prior year

  • Property Crime

    -8.4% – #1 safest state in the U.S.

  • State/Local Tax Burden

    12.3% – Ranked 4th Highest in the U.S.

  • Average Commute to Work

    23.3 minutes – U.S. average is 26.9 minutes

  • Rental Vacancy Rate 2020

    4.0% – Down from 4.2% in 2019

  • Acres of Farm & Forest in 'Current Use' Program (2021)

    2,543,995 acres – Up 10.25 since 2011

Pillar Datasets

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