District of Columbia vs Florida
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 6 of them and Florida on 9, 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 ColumbiaFlorida
Home price$579,332$378,126
Rent paid$1,954$1,644
Cost of living138.8102.2
Income$109,707$77,735
Property tax0.61%0.78%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%6.98%
Electric bill$152$169
Snowfall10.2 in0.2 in
Precipitation39.7 in43.3 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.018.5
Bachelor's or higher65.5%35.8%
Crime rate1,006267
Commute31.0 min28.9 min
Unemployment6.0%4.7%
Population change+0.6%+8.9%
Wildfire risk26.292.8
Flood risk97.493.1
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.