Kentucky 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.
Kentucky comes out ahead on 7 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.
MeasureKentuckyMaine
Home price$235,363$424,107
Rent paid$957$1,169
Cost of living92.5113
Income$64,526$76,442
Property tax0.74%0.98%
Income tax3.50%7.15%
Sales tax6.00%5.50%
Electric bill$155$155
Temperature56.9°F44.8°F
Snowfall13.4 in66.8 in
Precipitation57.0 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.611.5
Bachelor's or higher27.9%37.1%
Crime rate213100
Commute24.5 min25.6 min
Unemployment4.7%3.1%
Population change+2.2%+3.8%
Wildfire risk34.432.3
Flood risk70.467.1
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.