Maryland vs Virginia
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 1 of them and Virginia on 14, 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.
MeasureMarylandVirginia
Home price$436,104$419,920
Rent paid$1,732$1,599
Cost of living115.4100.8
Income$102,905$92,090
Property tax0.92%0.78%
Income tax6.50%5.75%
Sales tax6.00%5.77%
Electric bill$209$173
Temperature56.1°F57.6°F
Snowfall15.2 in11.3 in
Precipitation37.4 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.614.0
Bachelor's or higher44.7%43.3%
Crime rate420218
Commute32.3 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.3%3.7%
Population change+1.4%+2.9%
Wildfire risk33.533.1
Flood risk81.767.2
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.