Maryland vs New Jersey
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 8 of them and New Jersey on 7, 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 Jersey
Home price$436,104$584,681
Rent paid$1,732$1,719
Cost of living115.4115.1
Income$102,905$104,294
Property tax0.92%1.88%
Income tax6.50%10.75%
Sales tax6.00%6.60%
Electric bill$209$159
Temperature56.1°F54.1°F
Snowfall15.2 in17.4 in
Precipitation37.4 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.611.8
Bachelor's or higher44.7%44.5%
Crime rate420218
Commute32.3 min31.9 min
Unemployment4.3%4.5%
Population change+1.4%+2.8%
Wildfire risk33.550.6
Flood risk81.795.7
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.