District of Columbia vs Kentucky
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 Kentucky on 8, 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 ColumbiaKentucky
Home price$579,332$235,363
Rent paid$1,954$957
Cost of living138.892.5
Income$109,707$64,526
Property tax0.61%0.74%
Income tax10.75%3.50%
Sales tax6.00%6.00%
Electric bill$152$155
Snowfall10.2 in13.4 in
Precipitation39.7 in57.0 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.015.6
Bachelor's or higher65.5%27.9%
Crime rate1,006213
Commute31.0 min24.5 min
Unemployment6.0%4.7%
Population change+0.6%+2.2%
Wildfire risk26.234.4
Flood risk97.470.4
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.