Maryland vs New Mexico
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 Mexico 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 Mexico
Home price$436,104$321,186
Rent paid$1,732$1,073
Cost of living115.493.7
Income$102,905$67,816
Property tax0.92%0.63%
Income tax6.50%5.90%
Sales tax6.00%7.68%
Electric bill$209$98
Temperature56.1°F56.8°F
Snowfall15.2 in8.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.613.8
Bachelor's or higher44.7%31.8%
Crime rate420717
Commute32.3 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.3%4.8%
Population change+1.4%+0.4%
Wildfire risk33.592.1
Flood risk81.788.2
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.