Maryland vs Texas
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 Texas 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.
MeasureMarylandTexas
Home price$436,104$302,999
Rent paid$1,732$1,386
Cost of living115.492.1
Income$102,905$79,721
Property tax0.92%1.40%
Income tax6.50%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%8.20%
Electric bill$209$174
Temperature56.1°F69.7°F
Snowfall15.2 in1.0 in
Precipitation37.4 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.615.1
Bachelor's or higher44.7%35.2%
Crime rate420389
Commute32.3 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.3%4.4%
Population change+1.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk33.583.5
Flood risk81.789.2
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.