Maine vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureMaineUtah
Home price$424,107$541,692
Rent paid$1,169$1,489
Cost of living113102.2
Income$76,442$96,658
Property tax0.98%0.48%
Income tax7.15%4.50%
Sales tax5.50%7.42%
Electric bill$155$102
Temperature44.8°F51.6°F
Snowfall66.8 in65.6 in
Precipitation39.1 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.521.9
Bachelor's or higher37.1%39.1%
Crime rate100230
Commute25.6 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.1%3.6%
Population change+3.8%+8.2%
Wildfire risk32.395.3
Flood risk67.174.6
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.