District of Columbia vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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 ColumbiaKansas
Home price$579,332$252,794
Rent paid$1,954$1,051
Cost of living138.888.8
Income$109,707$75,514
Property tax0.61%1.21%
Income tax10.75%5.58%
Sales tax6.00%8.71%
Electric bill$152$131
Snowfall10.2 in17.2 in
Precipitation39.7 in33.5 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.013.6
Bachelor's or higher65.5%36.0%
Crime rate1,006439
Commute31.0 min20.0 min
Unemployment6.0%3.8%
Population change+0.6%+1.3%
Wildfire risk26.270.0
Flood risk97.469.4
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.