Maryland vs Oregon
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 8 of them and Oregon on 7, 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.
MeasureMarylandOregon
Home price$436,104$504,432
Rent paid$1,732$1,497
Cost of living115.4111.8
Income$102,905$85,220
Property tax0.92%0.81%
Income tax6.50%9.90%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$209$132
Temperature56.1°F51.9°F
Snowfall15.2 in9.0 in
Precipitation37.4 in50.9 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.618.4
Bachelor's or higher44.7%37.8%
Crime rate420331
Commute32.3 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.3%5.2%
Population change+1.4%+0.9%
Wildfire risk33.570.7
Flood risk81.787.9
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.