Maine vs Minnesota
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 9 of them and Minnesota on 6, 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.
MeasureMaineMinnesota
Home price$424,107$356,887
Rent paid$1,169$1,272
Cost of living11394.6
Income$76,442$87,117
Property tax0.98%1.00%
Income tax7.15%9.85%
Sales tax5.50%8.14%
Electric bill$155$119
Temperature44.8°F45.6°F
Snowfall66.8 in30.7 in
Precipitation39.1 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.515.7
Bachelor's or higher37.1%40.0%
Crime rate100257
Commute25.6 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.1%4.4%
Population change+3.8%+2.2%
Wildfire risk32.357.4
Flood risk67.179.3
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.