District of Columbia vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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 ColumbiaMissouri
Home price$579,332$271,597
Rent paid$1,954$1,030
Cost of living138.889
Income$109,707$71,589
Property tax0.61%0.89%
Income tax10.75%4.70%
Sales tax6.00%8.44%
Electric bill$152$145
Snowfall10.2 in14.0 in
Precipitation39.7 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.013.0
Bachelor's or higher65.5%33.5%
Crime rate1,006462
Commute31.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment6.0%3.7%
Population change+0.6%+1.9%
Wildfire risk26.254.0
Flood risk97.479.4
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.