Maryland vs Washington
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 8 of them and Washington on 7, 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.
MeasureMarylandWashington
Home price$436,104$603,303
Rent paid$1,732$1,712
Cost of living115.4114.1
Income$102,905$99,389
Property tax0.92%0.75%
Income tax6.50%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%9.57%
Electric bill$209$130
Temperature56.1°F50°F
Snowfall15.2 in5.4 in
Precipitation37.4 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.618.3
Bachelor's or higher44.7%41.0%
Crime rate420326
Commute32.3 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.3%5.2%
Population change+1.4%+3.8%
Wildfire risk33.574.2
Flood risk81.791.4
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.