District of Columbia vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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 ColumbiaNorth Carolina
Home price$579,332$340,430
Rent paid$1,954$1,215
Cost of living138.897.8
Income$109,707$73,958
Property tax0.61%0.66%
Income tax10.75%3.99%
Sales tax6.00%7.10%
Electric bill$152$151
Snowfall10.2 in2.3 in
Precipitation39.7 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.016.4
Bachelor's or higher65.5%37.1%
Crime rate1,006376
Commute31.0 min25.7 min
Unemployment6.0%3.6%
Population change+0.6%+7.2%
Wildfire risk26.253.8
Flood risk97.484.6
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.