Maine vs New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire 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.
MeasureMaineNew Hampshire
Home price$424,107$522,944
Rent paid$1,169$1,488
Cost of living113111.4
Income$76,442$99,782
Property tax0.98%1.50%
Income tax7.15%0.00%
Sales tax5.50%0.00%
Electric bill$155$168
Temperature44.8°F46.7°F
Snowfall66.8 in50.6 in
Precipitation39.1 in40.2 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.511.4
Bachelor's or higher37.1%41.5%
Crime rate100110
Commute25.6 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.1%2.9%
Population change+3.8%+2.7%
Wildfire risk32.345.2
Flood risk67.185.5
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.