North Carolina vs Washington
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyNorth Carolina comes out ahead on 5 of them and Washington on 2, 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
Typical home value$332,159$587,533
Home price-to-income4.5×5.9×
Household income$73,958$99,389
Property tax0.66%0.75%
Income tax3.99%0.00%
Sales tax7.10%9.57%
Temperature60.3°F50°F
Population11,046,0247,958,180
Cost of living97.8114.1
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.