Kentucky 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.
Kentucky comes out ahead on 9 of them and Maryland on 4, 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.
MeasureKentuckyMaryland
Home price$235,363$436,104
Rent paid$957$1,732
Cost of living92.5115.4
Income$64,526$102,905
Property tax0.74%0.92%
Income tax3.50%6.50%
Sales tax6.00%6.00%
Electric bill$155$209
Temperature56.9°F56.1°F
Snowfall13.4 in15.2 in
Precipitation57.0 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.614.6
Bachelor's or higher27.9%44.7%
Crime rate213420
Commute24.5 min32.3 min
Unemployment4.7%4.3%
Population change+2.2%+1.4%
Wildfire risk34.433.5
Flood risk70.481.7
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.