District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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 ColumbiaPennsylvania
Home price$579,332$294,099
Rent paid$1,954$1,224
Cost of living138.897.2
Income$109,707$77,545
Property tax0.61%1.26%
Income tax10.75%3.07%
Sales tax6.00%6.34%
Electric bill$152$173
Snowfall10.2 in21.7 in
Precipitation39.7 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.013.5
Bachelor's or higher65.5%36.4%
Crime rate1,006246
Commute31.0 min27.1 min
Unemployment6.0%4.1%
Population change+0.6%+0.4%
Wildfire risk26.238.7
Flood risk97.492.3
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.