Maryland vs Wisconsin
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 Wisconsin 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.
MeasureMarylandWisconsin
Home price$436,104$342,279
Rent paid$1,732$1,071
Cost of living115.497.7
Income$102,905$77,488
Property tax0.92%1.32%
Income tax6.50%7.65%
Sales tax6.00%5.72%
Electric bill$209$124
Temperature56.1°F46.7°F
Snowfall15.2 in40.1 in
Precipitation37.4 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.613.9
Bachelor's or higher44.7%34.6%
Crime rate420279
Commute32.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.3%3.3%
Population change+1.4%+1.3%
Wildfire risk33.534.9
Flood risk81.778.5
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.