Maryland vs West 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 4 of them and West Virginia on 11, 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.
MeasureMarylandWest Virginia
Home price$436,104$182,704
Rent paid$1,732$868
Cost of living115.488.3
Income$102,905$60,798
Property tax0.92%0.51%
Income tax6.50%4.82%
Sales tax6.00%6.60%
Electric bill$209$167
Temperature56.1°F53.9°F
Snowfall15.2 in22.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.613.7
Bachelor's or higher44.7%24.4%
Crime rate420249
Commute32.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.3%4.2%
Population change+1.4%-1.5%
Wildfire risk33.541.2
Flood risk81.779.2
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.