Maryland vs Maine
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Maryland comes out ahead on 4 of them and Maine on 11, 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.
MeasureMarylandMaine
Home price$436,104$424,107
Rent paid$1,732$1,169
Cost of living115.4113
Income$102,905$76,442
Property tax0.92%0.98%
Income tax6.50%7.15%
Sales tax6.00%5.50%
Electric bill$209$155
Temperature56.1°F44.8°F
Snowfall15.2 in66.8 in
Precipitation37.4 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.611.5
Bachelor's or higher44.7%37.1%
Crime rate420100
Commute32.3 min25.6 min
Unemployment4.3%3.1%
Population change+1.4%+3.8%
Wildfire risk33.532.3
Flood risk81.767.1
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.