Maryland vs Ohio
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 7 of them and Ohio on 8, 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.
MeasureMarylandOhio
Home price$436,104$251,502
Rent paid$1,732$1,030
Cost of living115.494.3
Income$102,905$72,212
Property tax0.92%1.36%
Income tax6.50%2.75%
Sales tax6.00%7.29%
Electric bill$209$158
Temperature56.1°F52°F
Snowfall15.2 in25.7 in
Precipitation37.4 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.617.3
Bachelor's or higher44.7%32.4%
Crime rate420294
Commute32.3 min23.8 min
Unemployment4.3%3.6%
Population change+1.4%+0.9%
Wildfire risk33.536.7
Flood risk81.784.9
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.