Connecticut 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.
Connecticut comes out ahead on 4 of them and Delaware on 11, 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.
MeasureConnecticutDelaware
Home price$455,424$412,252
Rent paid$1,537$1,378
Cost of living112.7101.9
Income$96,049$87,534
Property tax1.54%0.54%
Income tax6.99%6.60%
Sales tax6.35%0.00%
Electric bill$204$167
Temperature51.3°F55.7°F
Snowfall25.9 in13.6 in
Precipitation42.5 in39.5 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²4.11 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.314.8
Bachelor's or higher42.6%36.0%
Crime rate136361
Commute27.0 min26.8 min
Unemployment5.2%4.9%
Population change+2.2%+7.1%
Wildfire risk45.067.4
Flood risk95.893.7
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.