District of Columbia vs Mississippi
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 Mississippi 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 ColumbiaMississippi
Home price$579,332$198,428
Rent paid$1,954$966
Cost of living138.887.3
Income$109,707$59,127
Property tax0.61%0.58%
Income tax10.75%4.00%
Sales tax6.00%7.06%
Electric bill$152$171
Snowfall10.2 in0.9 in
Precipitation39.7 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.014.3
Bachelor's or higher65.5%27.0%
Crime rate1,006211
Commute31.0 min26.4 min
Unemployment6.0%3.8%
Population change+0.6%-0.2%
Wildfire risk26.258.0
Flood risk97.463.4
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.