Maryland vs North Dakota
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 4 of them and North Dakota 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 Dakota
Home price$436,104$293,556
Rent paid$1,732$931
Cost of living115.491.4
Income$102,905$77,871
Property tax0.92%0.92%
Income tax6.50%2.50%
Sales tax6.00%7.09%
Electric bill$209$133
Temperature56.1°F42.4°F
Snowfall15.2 in23.0 in
Precipitation37.4 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.611.7
Bachelor's or higher44.7%34.0%
Crime rate420254
Commute32.3 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.3%2.3%
Population change+1.4%+2.6%
Wildfire risk33.565.1
Flood risk81.749.2
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.