Maryland vs Rhode Island
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 Rhode Island 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.
MeasureMarylandRhode Island
Home price$436,104$517,078
Rent paid$1,732$1,357
Cost of living115.4110.6
Income$102,905$83,504
Property tax0.92%1.12%
Income tax6.50%5.99%
Sales tax6.00%7.00%
Electric bill$209$166
Temperature56.1°F50.9°F
Snowfall15.2 in18.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in45.6 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.613.0
Bachelor's or higher44.7%39.0%
Crime rate420154
Commute32.3 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.3%4.1%
Population change+1.4%+1.6%
Wildfire risk33.526.4
Flood risk81.785.5
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.