District of Columbia 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.
District of Columbia 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.
MeasureDistrict of ColumbiaMaine
Home price$579,332$424,107
Rent paid$1,954$1,169
Cost of living138.8113
Income$109,707$76,442
Property tax0.61%0.98%
Income tax10.75%7.15%
Sales tax6.00%5.50%
Electric bill$152$155
Snowfall10.2 in66.8 in
Precipitation39.7 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.011.5
Bachelor's or higher65.5%37.1%
Crime rate1,006100
Commute31.0 min25.6 min
Unemployment6.0%3.1%
Population change+0.6%+3.8%
Wildfire risk26.232.3
Flood risk97.467.1
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.