Maine vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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.
MeasureMaineNorth Carolina
Home price$424,107$340,430
Rent paid$1,169$1,215
Cost of living11397.8
Income$76,442$73,958
Property tax0.98%0.66%
Income tax7.15%3.99%
Sales tax5.50%7.10%
Electric bill$155$151
Temperature44.8°F60.3°F
Snowfall66.8 in2.3 in
Precipitation39.1 in42.5 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.516.4
Bachelor's or higher37.1%37.1%
Crime rate100376
Commute25.6 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.1%3.6%
Population change+3.8%+7.2%
Wildfire risk32.353.8
Flood risk67.184.6
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.