District of Columbia vs Massachusetts
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 9 of them and Massachusetts on 6, 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 ColumbiaMassachusetts
Home price$579,332$672,867
Rent paid$1,954$1,788
Cost of living138.8141.2
Income$109,707$104,828
Property tax0.61%1.00%
Income tax10.75%9.00%
Sales tax6.00%6.25%
Electric bill$152$183
Snowfall10.2 in29.5 in
Precipitation39.7 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.012.0
Bachelor's or higher65.5%48.3%
Crime rate1,006315
Commute31.0 min30.6 min
Unemployment6.0%4.4%
Population change+0.6%+1.7%
Wildfire risk26.251.0
Flood risk97.494.7
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.