District of Columbia vs South 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 South 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 ColumbiaSouth Dakota
Home price$579,332$325,618
Rent paid$1,954$941
Cost of living138.891.9
Income$109,707$76,881
Property tax0.61%1.00%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%6.11%
Electric bill$152$138
Snowfall10.2 in29.7 in
Precipitation39.7 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.014.2
Bachelor's or higher65.5%34.2%
Crime rate1,006362
Commute31.0 min18.5 min
Unemployment6.0%2.0%
Population change+0.6%+5.5%
Wildfire risk26.275.5
Flood risk97.454.5
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.