Maryland vs Pennsylvania
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 6 of them and Pennsylvania on 9, 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.
MeasureMarylandPennsylvania
Home price$436,104$294,099
Rent paid$1,732$1,224
Cost of living115.497.2
Income$102,905$77,545
Property tax0.92%1.26%
Income tax6.50%3.07%
Sales tax6.00%6.34%
Electric bill$209$173
Temperature56.1°F52°F
Snowfall15.2 in21.7 in
Precipitation37.4 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.613.5
Bachelor's or higher44.7%36.4%
Crime rate420246
Commute32.3 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.3%4.1%
Population change+1.4%+0.4%
Wildfire risk33.538.7
Flood risk81.792.3
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.