Connecticut 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.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 8 of them and District of Columbia on 7, 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.
MeasureConnecticutDistrict of Columbia
Home price$455,424$579,332
Rent paid$1,537$1,954
Cost of living112.7138.8
Income$96,049$109,707
Property tax1.54%0.61%
Income tax6.99%10.75%
Sales tax6.35%6.00%
Electric bill$204$152
Snowfall25.9 in10.2 in
Precipitation42.5 in39.7 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.15 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.311.0
Bachelor's or higher42.6%65.5%
Crime rate1361,006
Commute27.0 min31.0 min
Unemployment5.2%6.0%
Population change+2.2%+0.6%
Wildfire risk45.026.2
Flood risk95.897.4
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.