Florida 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.
Florida comes out ahead on 9 of them and Maryland on 6, 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.
MeasureFloridaMaryland
Home price$378,126$436,104
Rent paid$1,644$1,732
Cost of living102.2115.4
Income$77,735$102,905
Property tax0.78%0.92%
Income tax0.00%6.50%
Sales tax6.98%6.00%
Electric bill$169$209
Temperature74°F56.1°F
Snowfall0.2 in15.2 in
Precipitation43.3 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.514.6
Bachelor's or higher35.8%44.7%
Crime rate267420
Commute28.9 min32.3 min
Unemployment4.7%4.3%
Population change+8.9%+1.4%
Wildfire risk92.833.5
Flood risk93.181.7
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.