Maryland vs North Carolina
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 5 of them and North Carolina on 10, 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.
MeasureMarylandNorth Carolina
Home price$436,104$340,430
Rent paid$1,732$1,215
Cost of living115.497.8
Income$102,905$73,958
Property tax0.92%0.66%
Income tax6.50%3.99%
Sales tax6.00%7.10%
Electric bill$209$151
Temperature56.1°F60.3°F
Snowfall15.2 in2.3 in
Precipitation37.4 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.616.4
Bachelor's or higher44.7%37.1%
Crime rate420376
Commute32.3 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.3%3.6%
Population change+1.4%+7.2%
Wildfire risk33.553.8
Flood risk81.784.6
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.