New York vs Washington
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
New York comes out ahead on 7 of them and Washington on 8, 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.
MeasureNew YorkWashington
Home price$525,947$603,303
Rent paid$1,671$1,712
Cost of living125.1114.1
Income$85,820$99,389
Property tax1.30%0.75%
Income tax10.90%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%9.57%
Electric bill$164$130
Temperature52.4°F50°F
Snowfall39.2 in5.4 in
Precipitation37.2 in56.5 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.618.3
Bachelor's or higher41.2%41.0%
Crime rate380326
Commute33.2 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.6%5.2%
Population change-1.0%+3.8%
Wildfire risk34.874.2
Flood risk94.691.4
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.