Louisiana 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.
Louisiana 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.
MeasureLouisianaMaine
Home price$217,968$424,107
Rent paid$1,056$1,169
Cost of living92.3113
Income$60,986$76,442
Property tax0.55%0.98%
Income tax3.00%7.15%
Sales tax10.13%5.50%
Electric bill$157$155
Temperature69.3°F44.8°F
Snowfall0.8 in66.8 in
Precipitation54.0 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.911.5
Bachelor's or higher27.8%37.1%
Crime rate520100
Commute26.2 min25.6 min
Unemployment4.4%3.1%
Population change-0.9%+3.8%
Wildfire risk48.032.3
Flood risk80.167.1
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.