Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 10 of them and Maryland on 5, 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.
MeasureIdahoMaryland
Home price$482,199$436,104
Rent paid$1,251$1,732
Cost of living99.9115.4
Income$81,166$102,905
Property tax0.50%0.92%
Income tax5.30%6.50%
Sales tax6.03%6.00%
Electric bill$112$209
Temperature50.2°F56.1°F
Snowfall17.8 in15.2 in
Precipitation17.4 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.414.6
Bachelor's or higher33.0%44.7%
Crime rate231420
Commute22.2 min32.3 min
Unemployment3.7%4.3%
Population change+10.4%+1.4%
Wildfire risk90.433.5
Flood risk69.581.7
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.