Maryland vs Mississippi
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 3 of them and Mississippi on 12, 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.
MeasureMarylandMississippi
Home price$436,104$198,428
Rent paid$1,732$966
Cost of living115.487.3
Income$102,905$59,127
Property tax0.92%0.58%
Income tax6.50%4.00%
Sales tax6.00%7.06%
Electric bill$209$171
Temperature56.1°F66.2°F
Snowfall15.2 in0.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.614.3
Bachelor's or higher44.7%27.0%
Crime rate420211
Commute32.3 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.3%3.8%
Population change+1.4%-0.2%
Wildfire risk33.558.0
Flood risk81.763.4
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.