Florida 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.
Florida 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.
MeasureFloridaMaine
Home price$378,126$424,107
Rent paid$1,644$1,169
Cost of living102.2113
Income$77,735$76,442
Property tax0.78%0.98%
Income tax0.00%7.15%
Sales tax6.98%5.50%
Electric bill$169$155
Temperature74°F44.8°F
Snowfall0.2 in66.8 in
Precipitation43.3 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.511.5
Bachelor's or higher35.8%37.1%
Crime rate267100
Commute28.9 min25.6 min
Unemployment4.7%3.1%
Population change+8.9%+3.8%
Wildfire risk92.832.3
Flood risk93.167.1
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.