Maine vs Nebraska
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 6 of them and Nebraska 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.
MeasureMaineNebraska
Home price$424,107$284,464
Rent paid$1,169$1,049
Cost of living11392.6
Income$76,442$76,376
Property tax0.98%1.44%
Income tax7.15%4.55%
Sales tax5.50%6.98%
Electric bill$155$122
Temperature44.8°F52.3°F
Snowfall66.8 in20.7 in
Precipitation39.1 in28.4 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.514.1
Bachelor's or higher37.1%35.4%
Crime rate100221
Commute25.6 min19.9 min
Unemployment3.1%2.9%
Population change+3.8%+2.9%
Wildfire risk32.377.6
Flood risk67.165.3
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.