Maine
High tax burden · COL index 107
Wins 10 categories
New York
High tax burden · COL index 139
Wins 3 categories
New York's top income tax rate is 10.9% vs Maine's 7.15%. Cost of living in New York (index 139) runs 30% higher than Maine (index 107). Property taxes are meaningfully different: New York averages 1.4% annually vs Maine's 1.04%. The median home in New York costs $470K vs $360K in Maine.
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Maine's 0.46% annual increase was primarily driven by people moving from other states. In the decade between 2015 and 2025, Maine's population grew by 5.9%. Since 2000, Maine's population increased in 22 of 25 years. The largest increase occurred between 2020 and 2021, when it gained 14,500 residents.