District of Columbia vs Delaware
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
District of Columbia comes out ahead on 5 of them and Delaware 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.
MeasureDistrict of ColumbiaDelaware
Home price$579,332$412,252
Rent paid$1,954$1,378
Cost of living138.8101.9
Income$109,707$87,534
Property tax0.61%0.54%
Income tax10.75%6.60%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$152$167
Snowfall10.2 in13.6 in
Precipitation39.7 in39.5 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.11 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.014.8
Bachelor's or higher65.5%36.0%
Crime rate1,006361
Commute31.0 min26.8 min
Unemployment6.0%4.9%
Population change+0.6%+7.1%
Wildfire risk26.267.4
Flood risk97.493.7
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.