District of Columbia vs New Jersey
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 9 of them and New Jersey on 5, 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 Jersey
Home price$579,332$584,681
Rent paid$1,954$1,719
Cost of living138.8115.1
Income$109,707$104,294
Property tax0.61%1.88%
Income tax10.75%10.75%
Sales tax6.00%6.60%
Electric bill$152$159
Snowfall10.2 in17.4 in
Precipitation39.7 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.011.8
Bachelor's or higher65.5%44.5%
Crime rate1,006218
Commute31.0 min31.9 min
Unemployment6.0%4.5%
Population change+0.6%+2.8%
Wildfire risk26.250.6
Flood risk97.495.7
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.