Maine vs New Jersey
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 13 of them and New Jersey on 2, 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 Jersey
Home price$424,107$584,681
Rent paid$1,169$1,719
Cost of living113115.1
Income$76,442$104,294
Property tax0.98%1.88%
Income tax7.15%10.75%
Sales tax5.50%6.60%
Electric bill$155$159
Temperature44.8°F54.1°F
Snowfall66.8 in17.4 in
Precipitation39.1 in38.7 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.511.8
Bachelor's or higher37.1%44.5%
Crime rate100218
Commute25.6 min31.9 min
Unemployment3.1%4.5%
Population change+3.8%+2.8%
Wildfire risk32.350.6
Flood risk67.195.7
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.