District of Columbia vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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 ColumbiaVirginia
Home price$579,332$419,920
Rent paid$1,954$1,599
Cost of living138.8100.8
Income$109,707$92,090
Property tax0.61%0.78%
Income tax10.75%5.75%
Sales tax6.00%5.77%
Electric bill$152$173
Snowfall10.2 in11.3 in
Precipitation39.7 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.014.0
Bachelor's or higher65.5%43.3%
Crime rate1,006218
Commute31.0 min28.3 min
Unemployment6.0%3.7%
Population change+0.6%+2.9%
Wildfire risk26.233.1
Flood risk97.467.2
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.