District of Columbia vs Ohio
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 7 of them and Ohio on 8, 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 ColumbiaOhio
Home price$579,332$251,502
Rent paid$1,954$1,030
Cost of living138.894.3
Income$109,707$72,212
Property tax0.61%1.36%
Income tax10.75%2.75%
Sales tax6.00%7.29%
Electric bill$152$158
Snowfall10.2 in25.7 in
Precipitation39.7 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.017.3
Bachelor's or higher65.5%32.4%
Crime rate1,006294
Commute31.0 min23.8 min
Unemployment6.0%3.6%
Population change+0.6%+0.9%
Wildfire risk26.236.7
Flood risk97.484.9
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.