Delaware 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.
Delaware 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.
MeasureDelawareMaryland
Home price$412,252$436,104
Rent paid$1,378$1,732
Cost of living101.9115.4
Income$87,534$102,905
Property tax0.54%0.92%
Income tax6.60%6.50%
Sales tax0.00%6.00%
Electric bill$167$209
Temperature55.7°F56.1°F
Snowfall13.6 in15.2 in
Precipitation39.5 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.814.6
Bachelor's or higher36.0%44.7%
Crime rate361420
Commute26.8 min32.3 min
Unemployment4.9%4.3%
Population change+7.1%+1.4%
Wildfire risk67.433.5
Flood risk93.781.7
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.