Delaware vs Florida
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Delaware comes out ahead on 9 of them and Florida on 6, 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.
MeasureDelawareFlorida
Home price$412,252$378,126
Rent paid$1,378$1,644
Cost of living101.9102.2
Income$87,534$77,735
Property tax0.54%0.78%
Income tax6.60%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%6.98%
Electric bill$167$169
Temperature55.7°F74°F
Snowfall13.6 in0.2 in
Precipitation39.5 in43.3 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.818.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%35.8%
Crime rate361267
Commute26.8 min28.9 min
Unemployment4.9%4.7%
Population change+7.1%+8.9%
Wildfire risk67.492.8
Flood risk93.793.1
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.