Maine vs Michigan
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Maine comes out ahead on 8 of them and Michigan 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.
MeasureMaineMichigan
Home price$424,107$269,972
Rent paid$1,169$1,117
Cost of living11390.1
Income$76,442$72,389
Property tax0.98%1.19%
Income tax7.15%4.25%
Sales tax5.50%6.00%
Electric bill$155$131
Temperature44.8°F48.9°F
Snowfall66.8 in47.5 in
Precipitation39.1 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.516.9
Bachelor's or higher37.1%33.3%
Crime rate100434
Commute25.6 min24.3 min
Unemployment3.1%5.0%
Population change+3.8%+0.5%
Wildfire risk32.339.8
Flood risk67.184.6
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.