District of Columbia vs Minnesota
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 Minnesota 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 ColumbiaMinnesota
Home price$579,332$356,887
Rent paid$1,954$1,272
Cost of living138.894.6
Income$109,707$87,117
Property tax0.61%1.00%
Income tax10.75%9.85%
Sales tax6.00%8.14%
Electric bill$152$119
Snowfall10.2 in30.7 in
Precipitation39.7 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.015.7
Bachelor's or higher65.5%40.0%
Crime rate1,006257
Commute31.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment6.0%4.4%
Population change+0.6%+2.2%
Wildfire risk26.257.4
Flood risk97.479.3
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.