California vs Delaware
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
California comes out ahead on 3 of them and Delaware 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.
MeasureCaliforniaDelaware
Home price$775,549$412,252
Rent paid$2,042$1,378
Cost of living142.3101.9
Income$100,149$87,534
Property tax0.70%0.54%
Income tax13.30%6.60%
Sales tax9.03%0.00%
Electric bill$161$167
Temperature62.7°F55.7°F
Snowfall4.3 in13.6 in
Precipitation18.4 in39.5 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.11 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.914.8
Bachelor's or higher38.1%36.0%
Crime rate486361
Commute29.7 min26.8 min
Unemployment5.2%4.9%
Population change-0.5%+7.1%
Wildfire risk96.867.4
Flood risk98.593.7
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.