Indiana 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.
Indiana comes out ahead on 8 of them and Maine on 7, 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.
MeasureIndianaMaine
Home price$262,265$424,107
Rent paid$1,063$1,169
Cost of living91113
Income$71,959$76,442
Property tax0.76%0.98%
Income tax2.95%7.15%
Sales tax7.00%5.50%
Electric bill$160$155
Temperature52.6°F44.8°F
Snowfall26.8 in66.8 in
Precipitation38.0 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.511.5
Bachelor's or higher30.7%37.1%
Crime rate313100
Commute24.6 min25.6 min
Unemployment3.3%3.1%
Population change+2.8%+3.8%
Wildfire risk24.632.3
Flood risk75.867.1
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.