Maryland vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureMarylandUtah
Home price$436,104$541,692
Rent paid$1,732$1,489
Cost of living115.4102.2
Income$102,905$96,658
Property tax0.92%0.48%
Income tax6.50%4.50%
Sales tax6.00%7.42%
Electric bill$209$102
Temperature56.1°F51.6°F
Snowfall15.2 in65.6 in
Precipitation37.4 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.621.9
Bachelor's or higher44.7%39.1%
Crime rate420230
Commute32.3 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.3%3.6%
Population change+1.4%+8.2%
Wildfire risk33.595.3
Flood risk81.774.6
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.