District of Columbia vs Montana
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 4 of them and Montana 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 ColumbiaMontana
Home price$579,332$476,115
Rent paid$1,954$1,074
Cost of living138.895.5
Income$109,707$75,340
Property tax0.61%0.61%
Income tax10.75%5.65%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$152$114
Snowfall10.2 in54.5 in
Precipitation39.7 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.014.2
Bachelor's or higher65.5%36.3%
Crime rate1,006424
Commute31.0 min19.5 min
Unemployment6.0%3.3%
Population change+0.6%+5.6%
Wildfire risk26.288.5
Flood risk97.461.0
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.