District of Columbia vs New Mexico
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 New Mexico 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 ColumbiaNew Mexico
Home price$579,332$321,186
Rent paid$1,954$1,073
Cost of living138.893.7
Income$109,707$67,816
Property tax0.61%0.63%
Income tax10.75%5.90%
Sales tax6.00%7.68%
Electric bill$152$98
Snowfall10.2 in8.9 in
Precipitation39.7 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.013.8
Bachelor's or higher65.5%31.8%
Crime rate1,006717
Commute31.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment6.0%4.8%
Population change+0.6%+0.4%
Wildfire risk26.292.1
Flood risk97.488.2
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.