District of Columbia vs New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire 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 ColumbiaNew Hampshire
Home price$579,332$522,944
Rent paid$1,954$1,488
Cost of living138.8111.4
Income$109,707$99,782
Property tax0.61%1.50%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%0.00%
Electric bill$152$168
Snowfall10.2 in50.6 in
Precipitation39.7 in40.2 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.011.4
Bachelor's or higher65.5%41.5%
Crime rate1,006110
Commute31.0 min27.5 min
Unemployment6.0%2.9%
Population change+0.6%+2.7%
Wildfire risk26.245.2
Flood risk97.485.5
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.