Maryland vs Nevada
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 7 of them and Nevada on 8, 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.
MeasureMarylandNevada
Home price$436,104$448,215
Rent paid$1,732$1,580
Cost of living115.4100.2
Income$102,905$81,134
Property tax0.92%0.50%
Income tax6.50%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%8.24%
Electric bill$209$117
Temperature56.1°F62.8°F
Snowfall15.2 in1.7 in
Precipitation37.4 in8.6 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.620.0
Bachelor's or higher44.7%28.5%
Crime rate420402
Commute32.3 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.3%5.1%
Population change+1.4%+5.7%
Wildfire risk33.598.1
Flood risk81.793.9
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.