Connecticut 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.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 6 of them and Maryland on 9, 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.
MeasureConnecticutMaryland
Home price$455,424$436,104
Rent paid$1,537$1,732
Cost of living112.7115.4
Income$96,049$102,905
Property tax1.54%0.92%
Income tax6.99%6.50%
Sales tax6.35%6.00%
Electric bill$204$209
Temperature51.3°F56.1°F
Snowfall25.9 in15.2 in
Precipitation42.5 in37.4 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.314.6
Bachelor's or higher42.6%44.7%
Crime rate136420
Commute27.0 min32.3 min
Unemployment5.2%4.3%
Population change+2.2%+1.4%
Wildfire risk45.033.5
Flood risk95.881.7
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.