Maryland vs New York
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 11 of them and New York on 4, 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 York
Home price$436,104$525,947
Rent paid$1,732$1,671
Cost of living115.4125.1
Income$102,905$85,820
Property tax0.92%1.30%
Income tax6.50%10.90%
Sales tax6.00%8.54%
Electric bill$209$164
Temperature56.1°F52.4°F
Snowfall15.2 in39.2 in
Precipitation37.4 in37.2 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.611.6
Bachelor's or higher44.7%41.2%
Crime rate420380
Commute32.3 min33.2 min
Unemployment4.3%4.6%
Population change+1.4%-1.0%
Wildfire risk33.534.8
Flood risk81.794.6
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.