Maryland vs New Hampshire
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 6 of them and New Hampshire on 9, 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.
MeasureMarylandNew Hampshire
Home price$436,104$522,944
Rent paid$1,732$1,488
Cost of living115.4111.4
Income$102,905$99,782
Property tax0.92%1.50%
Income tax6.50%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$209$168
Temperature56.1°F46.7°F
Snowfall15.2 in50.6 in
Precipitation37.4 in40.2 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.611.4
Bachelor's or higher44.7%41.5%
Crime rate420110
Commute32.3 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.3%2.9%
Population change+1.4%+2.7%
Wildfire risk33.545.2
Flood risk81.785.5
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.