Connecticut 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.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 4 of them and Maine on 11, 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.
MeasureConnecticutMaine
Home price$455,424$424,107
Rent paid$1,537$1,169
Cost of living112.7113
Income$96,049$76,442
Property tax1.54%0.98%
Income tax6.99%7.15%
Sales tax6.35%5.50%
Electric bill$204$155
Temperature51.3°F44.8°F
Snowfall25.9 in66.8 in
Precipitation42.5 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.311.5
Bachelor's or higher42.6%37.1%
Crime rate136100
Commute27.0 min25.6 min
Unemployment5.2%3.1%
Population change+2.2%+3.8%
Wildfire risk45.032.3
Flood risk95.867.1
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.