Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 7 of them and Maine on 8, 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.
MeasureIdahoMaine
Home price$482,199$424,107
Rent paid$1,251$1,169
Cost of living99.9113
Income$81,166$76,442
Property tax0.50%0.98%
Income tax5.30%7.15%
Sales tax6.03%5.50%
Electric bill$112$155
Temperature50.2°F44.8°F
Snowfall17.8 in66.8 in
Precipitation17.4 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.411.5
Bachelor's or higher33.0%37.1%
Crime rate231100
Commute22.2 min25.6 min
Unemployment3.7%3.1%
Population change+10.4%+3.8%
Wildfire risk90.432.3
Flood risk69.567.1
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.