Vermonters Overwhelmingly Find State Unaffordable Place to Live, Four in Ten Want to Move Out 7/7/2026

Authors

• UNH Survey Center

Abstract

Most Vermont residents find the state to be a not very or not at all affordable place to live, and less than two-thirds rate it as a very good or good place to live overall, down from previous years. About four in ten Vermonters say they are likely to move out of the state within the next five years and about the same percentage want to do so. Lower housing costs, overall cost of living, and taxes, along with a different political or social environment, are mentioned most often as reasons Vermonters are likely to leave. Other New England states are mentioned most often as likely destinations, New Hampshire in particular, along with states in the South and outside of the country entirely.

Department

Green Mountain State Poll

Publication Date

7-7-2026

Document Type

Report

Recommended Citation

UNH Survey Center, "Vermonters Overwhelmingly Find State Unaffordable Place to Live, Four in Ten Want to Move Out 7/7/2026" (2026). All UNH Survey Center Polls. 980.
https://scholars.unh.edu/survey_center_polls/980