Kansas 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.
Kansas 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.
MeasureKansasMaryland
Home price$252,794$436,104
Rent paid$1,051$1,732
Cost of living88.8115.4
Income$75,514$102,905
Property tax1.21%0.92%
Income tax5.58%6.50%
Sales tax8.71%6.00%
Electric bill$131$209
Temperature56.7°F56.1°F
Snowfall17.2 in15.2 in
Precipitation33.5 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.614.6
Bachelor's or higher36.0%44.7%
Crime rate439420
Commute20.0 min32.3 min
Unemployment3.8%4.3%
Population change+1.3%+1.4%
Wildfire risk70.033.5
Flood risk69.481.7
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.