Alabama vs District of Columbia
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 10 of them and District of Columbia on 5, 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.
MeasureAlabamaDistrict of Columbia
Home price$241,517$579,332
Rent paid$1,008$1,954
Cost of living88.6138.8
Income$66,659$109,707
Property tax0.37%0.61%
Income tax5.00%10.75%
Sales tax9.46%6.00%
Electric bill$185$152
Snowfall2.0 in10.2 in
Precipitation52.3 in39.7 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.15 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.211.0
Bachelor's or higher29.9%65.5%
Crime rate3601,006
Commute26.0 min31.0 min
Unemployment3.2%6.0%
Population change+3.3%+0.6%
Wildfire risk62.526.2
Flood risk83.397.4
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.