Maryland vs Missouri
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 4 of them and Missouri on 11, 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.
MeasureMarylandMissouri
Home price$436,104$271,597
Rent paid$1,732$1,030
Cost of living115.489
Income$102,905$71,589
Property tax0.92%0.89%
Income tax6.50%4.70%
Sales tax6.00%8.44%
Electric bill$209$145
Temperature56.1°F56.9°F
Snowfall15.2 in14.0 in
Precipitation37.4 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.613.0
Bachelor's or higher44.7%33.5%
Crime rate420462
Commute32.3 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.3%3.7%
Population change+1.4%+1.9%
Wildfire risk33.554.0
Flood risk81.779.4
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.