District of Columbia vs Tennessee
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 4 of them and Tennessee 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 ColumbiaTennessee
Home price$579,332$338,769
Rent paid$1,954$1,171
Cost of living138.890.3
Income$109,707$71,997
Property tax0.61%0.52%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%9.61%
Electric bill$152$163
Snowfall10.2 in4.8 in
Precipitation39.7 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher65.5%32.4%
Crime rate1,006592
Commute31.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment6.0%3.5%
Population change+0.6%+5.8%
Wildfire risk26.248.1
Flood risk97.476.4
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.