Maryland vs Nebraska
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 Nebraska 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.
MeasureMarylandNebraska
Home price$436,104$284,464
Rent paid$1,732$1,049
Cost of living115.492.6
Income$102,905$76,376
Property tax0.92%1.44%
Income tax6.50%4.55%
Sales tax6.00%6.98%
Electric bill$209$122
Temperature56.1°F52.3°F
Snowfall15.2 in20.7 in
Precipitation37.4 in28.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.614.1
Bachelor's or higher44.7%35.4%
Crime rate420221
Commute32.3 min19.9 min
Unemployment4.3%2.9%
Population change+1.4%+2.9%
Wildfire risk33.577.6
Flood risk81.765.3
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.