Maine vs Missouri
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 7 of them and Missouri on 8, 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.
MeasureMaineMissouri
Home price$424,107$271,597
Rent paid$1,169$1,030
Cost of living11389
Income$76,442$71,589
Property tax0.98%0.89%
Income tax7.15%4.70%
Sales tax5.50%8.44%
Electric bill$155$145
Temperature44.8°F56.9°F
Snowfall66.8 in14.0 in
Precipitation39.1 in37.4 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.513.0
Bachelor's or higher37.1%33.5%
Crime rate100462
Commute25.6 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.1%3.7%
Population change+3.8%+1.9%
Wildfire risk32.354.0
Flood risk67.179.4
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.