Maryland vs Minnesota
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Maryland comes out ahead on 8 of them and Minnesota 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.
MeasureMarylandMinnesota
Home price$436,104$356,887
Rent paid$1,732$1,272
Cost of living115.494.6
Income$102,905$87,117
Property tax0.92%1.00%
Income tax6.50%9.85%
Sales tax6.00%8.14%
Electric bill$209$119
Temperature56.1°F45.6°F
Snowfall15.2 in30.7 in
Precipitation37.4 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.615.7
Bachelor's or higher44.7%40.0%
Crime rate420257
Commute32.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.3%4.4%
Population change+1.4%+2.2%
Wildfire risk33.557.4
Flood risk81.779.3
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.