District of Columbia vs Oklahoma
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 Oklahoma 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 ColumbiaOklahoma
Home price$579,332$225,437
Rent paid$1,954$1,002
Cost of living138.886
Income$109,707$66,148
Property tax0.61%0.79%
Income tax10.75%4.50%
Sales tax6.00%9.06%
Electric bill$152$141
Snowfall10.2 in4.4 in
Precipitation39.7 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.016.3
Bachelor's or higher65.5%29.3%
Crime rate1,006423
Commute31.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment6.0%4.2%
Population change+0.6%+4.1%
Wildfire risk26.286.9
Flood risk97.476.7
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.