Arizona vs Maine
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 6 of them and Maine on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaMaine
Home price$422,822$424,107
Rent paid$1,518$1,169
Cost of living110.7113
Income$81,486$76,442
Property tax0.48%0.98%
Income tax2.50%7.15%
Sales tax8.54%5.50%
Electric bill$161$155
Temperature70.7°F44.8°F
Snowfall2.0 in66.8 in
Precipitation9.0 in39.1 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.911.5
Bachelor's or higher34.7%37.1%
Crime rate422100
Commute26.4 min25.6 min
Unemployment4.9%3.1%
Population change+6.5%+3.8%
Wildfire risk98.232.3
Flood risk98.367.1
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.