Colorado 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.
Colorado 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.
MeasureColoradoMaryland
Home price$543,435$436,104
Rent paid$1,727$1,732
Cost of living102.7115.4
Income$97,113$102,905
Property tax0.50%0.92%
Income tax4.40%6.50%
Sales tax7.89%6.00%
Electric bill$109$209
Temperature49.7°F56.1°F
Snowfall39.1 in15.2 in
Precipitation15.8 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.6
Bachelor's or higher47.8%44.7%
Crime rate476420
Commute25.7 min32.3 min
Unemployment3.9%4.3%
Population change+4.1%+1.4%
Wildfire risk86.933.5
Flood risk85.481.7
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.