District of Columbia vs New York
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 York on 6, 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 York
Home price$579,332$525,947
Rent paid$1,954$1,671
Cost of living138.8125.1
Income$109,707$85,820
Property tax0.61%1.30%
Income tax10.75%10.90%
Sales tax6.00%8.54%
Electric bill$152$164
Snowfall10.2 in39.2 in
Precipitation39.7 in37.2 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.011.6
Bachelor's or higher65.5%41.2%
Crime rate1,006380
Commute31.0 min33.2 min
Unemployment6.0%4.6%
Population change+0.6%-1.0%
Wildfire risk26.234.8
Flood risk97.494.6
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.