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Maine vs New York

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

Maine comes out ahead on 6 of them and New York on 1, 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 York
Typical home value$412,002$524,942
Home price-to-income5.4×6.1×
Household income$76,442$85,820
Property tax0.98%1.30%
Income tax7.15%10.90%
Sales tax5.50%8.54%
Temperature44.8°F52.4°F
Population1,405,01219,867,248
Cost of living113.0125.1

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.