District of Columbia vs North Dakota
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 North Dakota 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 ColumbiaNorth Dakota
Home price$579,332$293,556
Rent paid$1,954$931
Cost of living138.891.4
Income$109,707$77,871
Property tax0.61%0.92%
Income tax10.75%2.50%
Sales tax6.00%7.09%
Electric bill$152$133
Snowfall10.2 in23.0 in
Precipitation39.7 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.011.7
Bachelor's or higher65.5%34.0%
Crime rate1,006254
Commute31.0 min17.5 min
Unemployment6.0%2.3%
Population change+0.6%+2.6%
Wildfire risk26.265.1
Flood risk97.449.2
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.