Colorado 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.
Colorado comes out ahead on 11 of them and District of Columbia on 4, 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.
MeasureColoradoDistrict of Columbia
Home price$543,435$579,332
Rent paid$1,727$1,954
Cost of living102.7138.8
Income$97,113$109,707
Property tax0.50%0.61%
Income tax4.40%10.75%
Sales tax7.89%6.00%
Electric bill$109$152
Snowfall39.1 in10.2 in
Precipitation15.8 in39.7 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.15 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.611.0
Bachelor's or higher47.8%65.5%
Crime rate4761,006
Commute25.7 min31.0 min
Unemployment3.9%6.0%
Population change+4.1%+0.6%
Wildfire risk86.926.2
Flood risk85.497.4
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.