Colorado 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.
Colorado 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.
MeasureColoradoMaine
Home price$543,435$424,107
Rent paid$1,727$1,169
Cost of living102.7113
Income$97,113$76,442
Property tax0.50%0.98%
Income tax4.40%7.15%
Sales tax7.89%5.50%
Electric bill$109$155
Temperature49.7°F44.8°F
Snowfall39.1 in66.8 in
Precipitation15.8 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.611.5
Bachelor's or higher47.8%37.1%
Crime rate476100
Commute25.7 min25.6 min
Unemployment3.9%3.1%
Population change+4.1%+3.8%
Wildfire risk86.932.3
Flood risk85.467.1
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.