Maine vs Tennessee
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 Tennessee 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.
MeasureMaineTennessee
Home price$424,107$338,769
Rent paid$1,169$1,171
Cost of living11390.3
Income$76,442$71,997
Property tax0.98%0.52%
Income tax7.15%0.00%
Sales tax5.50%9.61%
Electric bill$155$163
Temperature44.8°F60.1°F
Snowfall66.8 in4.8 in
Precipitation39.1 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher37.1%32.4%
Crime rate100592
Commute25.6 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.1%3.5%
Population change+3.8%+5.8%
Wildfire risk32.348.1
Flood risk67.176.4
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.