Maryland vs Wyoming
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 2 of them and Wyoming on 13, 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.
MeasureMarylandWyoming
Home price$436,104$372,526
Rent paid$1,732$1,010
Cost of living115.493.7
Income$102,905$75,532
Property tax0.92%0.53%
Income tax6.50%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%5.39%
Electric bill$209$115
Temperature56.1°F45.1°F
Snowfall15.2 in44.9 in
Precipitation37.4 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.612.5
Bachelor's or higher44.7%32.3%
Crime rate420203
Commute32.3 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.3%3.2%
Population change+1.4%+2.1%
Wildfire risk33.586.6
Flood risk81.754.1
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.