Arizona vs Maryland
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 8 of them and Maryland 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.
MeasureArizonaMaryland
Home price$422,822$436,104
Rent paid$1,518$1,732
Cost of living110.7115.4
Income$81,486$102,905
Property tax0.48%0.92%
Income tax2.50%6.50%
Sales tax8.54%6.00%
Electric bill$161$209
Temperature70.7°F56.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in15.2 in
Precipitation9.0 in37.4 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.914.6
Bachelor's or higher34.7%44.7%
Crime rate422420
Commute26.4 min32.3 min
Unemployment4.9%4.3%
Population change+6.5%+1.4%
Wildfire risk98.233.5
Flood risk98.381.7
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.