North Carolina 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.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 11 of them and Washington on 4, 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaWashington
Home price$340,430$603,303
Rent paid$1,215$1,712
Cost of living97.8114.1
Income$73,958$99,389
Property tax0.66%0.75%
Income tax3.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.10%9.57%
Electric bill$151$130
Temperature60.3°F50°F
Snowfall2.3 in5.4 in
Precipitation42.5 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.418.3
Bachelor's or higher37.1%41.0%
Crime rate376326
Commute25.7 min27.2 min
Unemployment3.6%5.2%
Population change+7.2%+3.8%
Wildfire risk53.874.2
Flood risk84.691.4
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.