District of Columbia vs Wyoming
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 3 of them and Wyoming on 12, 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 ColumbiaWyoming
Home price$579,332$372,526
Rent paid$1,954$1,010
Cost of living138.893.7
Income$109,707$75,532
Property tax0.61%0.53%
Income tax10.75%0.00%
Sales tax6.00%5.39%
Electric bill$152$115
Snowfall10.2 in44.9 in
Precipitation39.7 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.012.5
Bachelor's or higher65.5%32.3%
Crime rate1,006203
Commute31.0 min19.7 min
Unemployment6.0%3.2%
Population change+0.6%+2.1%
Wildfire risk26.286.6
Flood risk97.454.1
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.