Maryland vs Montana
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 5 of them and Montana on 10, 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.
MeasureMarylandMontana
Home price$436,104$476,115
Rent paid$1,732$1,074
Cost of living115.495.5
Income$102,905$75,340
Property tax0.92%0.61%
Income tax6.50%5.65%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$209$114
Temperature56.1°F44.2°F
Snowfall15.2 in54.5 in
Precipitation37.4 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.614.2
Bachelor's or higher44.7%36.3%
Crime rate420424
Commute32.3 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.3%3.3%
Population change+1.4%+5.6%
Wildfire risk33.588.5
Flood risk81.761.0
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.