District of Columbia vs West 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 6 of them and West Virginia 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 ColumbiaWest Virginia
Home price$579,332$182,704
Rent paid$1,954$868
Cost of living138.888.3
Income$109,707$60,798
Property tax0.61%0.51%
Income tax10.75%4.82%
Sales tax6.00%6.60%
Electric bill$152$167
Snowfall10.2 in22.9 in
Precipitation39.7 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.013.7
Bachelor's or higher65.5%24.4%
Crime rate1,006249
Commute31.0 min26.5 min
Unemployment6.0%4.2%
Population change+0.6%-1.5%
Wildfire risk26.241.2
Flood risk97.479.2
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.