Maine vs New Mexico
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 New Mexico 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.
MeasureMaineNew Mexico
Home price$424,107$321,186
Rent paid$1,169$1,073
Cost of living11393.7
Income$76,442$67,816
Property tax0.98%0.63%
Income tax7.15%5.90%
Sales tax5.50%7.68%
Electric bill$155$98
Temperature44.8°F56.8°F
Snowfall66.8 in8.9 in
Precipitation39.1 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.513.8
Bachelor's or higher37.1%31.8%
Crime rate100717
Commute25.6 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.1%4.8%
Population change+3.8%+0.4%
Wildfire risk32.392.1
Flood risk67.188.2
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.