Maine vs Oregon
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 8 of them and Oregon on 7, 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.
MeasureMaineOregon
Home price$424,107$504,432
Rent paid$1,169$1,497
Cost of living113111.8
Income$76,442$85,220
Property tax0.98%0.81%
Income tax7.15%9.90%
Sales tax5.50%0.00%
Electric bill$155$132
Temperature44.8°F51.9°F
Snowfall66.8 in9.0 in
Precipitation39.1 in50.9 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.518.4
Bachelor's or higher37.1%37.8%
Crime rate100331
Commute25.6 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.1%5.2%
Population change+3.8%+0.9%
Wildfire risk32.370.7
Flood risk67.187.9
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.