California 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.
California comes out ahead on 3 of them and Maine on 12, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaMaine
Home price$775,549$424,107
Rent paid$2,042$1,169
Cost of living142.3113
Income$100,149$76,442
Property tax0.70%0.98%
Income tax13.30%7.15%
Sales tax9.03%5.50%
Electric bill$161$155
Temperature62.7°F44.8°F
Snowfall4.3 in66.8 in
Precipitation18.4 in39.1 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.911.5
Bachelor's or higher38.1%37.1%
Crime rate486100
Commute29.7 min25.6 min
Unemployment5.2%3.1%
Population change-0.5%+3.8%
Wildfire risk96.832.3
Flood risk98.567.1
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.