Maryland vs Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma 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.
MeasureMarylandOklahoma
Home price$436,104$225,437
Rent paid$1,732$1,002
Cost of living115.486
Income$102,905$66,148
Property tax0.92%0.79%
Income tax6.50%4.50%
Sales tax6.00%9.06%
Electric bill$209$141
Temperature56.1°F61.9°F
Snowfall15.2 in4.4 in
Precipitation37.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.616.3
Bachelor's or higher44.7%29.3%
Crime rate420423
Commute32.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.3%4.2%
Population change+1.4%+4.1%
Wildfire risk33.586.9
Flood risk81.776.7
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.