Maine vs Nevada
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 Nevada 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.
MeasureMaineNevada
Home price$424,107$448,215
Rent paid$1,169$1,580
Cost of living113100.2
Income$76,442$81,134
Property tax0.98%0.50%
Income tax7.15%0.00%
Sales tax5.50%8.24%
Electric bill$155$117
Temperature44.8°F62.8°F
Snowfall66.8 in1.7 in
Precipitation39.1 in8.6 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.520.0
Bachelor's or higher37.1%28.5%
Crime rate100402
Commute25.6 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.1%5.1%
Population change+3.8%+5.7%
Wildfire risk32.398.1
Flood risk67.193.9
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.