Maine vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureMaineVirginia
Home price$424,107$419,920
Rent paid$1,169$1,599
Cost of living113100.8
Income$76,442$92,090
Property tax0.98%0.78%
Income tax7.15%5.75%
Sales tax5.50%5.77%
Electric bill$155$173
Temperature44.8°F57.6°F
Snowfall66.8 in11.3 in
Precipitation39.1 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.514.0
Bachelor's or higher37.1%43.3%
Crime rate100218
Commute25.6 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.1%3.7%
Population change+3.8%+2.9%
Wildfire risk32.333.1
Flood risk67.167.2
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.