Maine vs Pennsylvania
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 10 of them and Pennsylvania on 5, 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.
MeasureMainePennsylvania
Home price$424,107$294,099
Rent paid$1,169$1,224
Cost of living11397.2
Income$76,442$77,545
Property tax0.98%1.26%
Income tax7.15%3.07%
Sales tax5.50%6.34%
Electric bill$155$173
Temperature44.8°F52°F
Snowfall66.8 in21.7 in
Precipitation39.1 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.513.5
Bachelor's or higher37.1%36.4%
Crime rate100246
Commute25.6 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.1%4.1%
Population change+3.8%+0.4%
Wildfire risk32.338.7
Flood risk67.192.3
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.