Maine vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureMaineOhio
Home price$424,107$251,502
Rent paid$1,169$1,030
Cost of living11394.3
Income$76,442$72,212
Property tax0.98%1.36%
Income tax7.15%2.75%
Sales tax5.50%7.29%
Electric bill$155$158
Temperature44.8°F52°F
Snowfall66.8 in25.7 in
Precipitation39.1 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.517.3
Bachelor's or higher37.1%32.4%
Crime rate100294
Commute25.6 min23.8 min
Unemployment3.1%3.6%
Population change+3.8%+0.9%
Wildfire risk32.336.7
Flood risk67.184.9
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.