Maine vs North Dakota
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 4 of them and North Dakota on 11, 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 Dakota
Home price$424,107$293,556
Rent paid$1,169$931
Cost of living11391.4
Income$76,442$77,871
Property tax0.98%0.92%
Income tax7.15%2.50%
Sales tax5.50%7.09%
Electric bill$155$133
Temperature44.8°F42.4°F
Snowfall66.8 in23.0 in
Precipitation39.1 in20.1 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.511.7
Bachelor's or higher37.1%34.0%
Crime rate100254
Commute25.6 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.1%2.3%
Population change+3.8%+2.6%
Wildfire risk32.365.1
Flood risk67.149.2
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.