Delaware vs Idaho
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 5 of them and Idaho on 10, 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.
MeasureDelawareIdaho
Home price$412,252$482,199
Rent paid$1,378$1,251
Cost of living101.999.9
Income$87,534$81,166
Property tax0.54%0.50%
Income tax6.60%5.30%
Sales tax0.00%6.03%
Electric bill$167$112
Temperature55.7°F50.2°F
Snowfall13.6 in17.8 in
Precipitation39.5 in17.4 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.818.4
Bachelor's or higher36.0%33.0%
Crime rate361231
Commute26.8 min22.2 min
Unemployment4.9%3.7%
Population change+7.1%+10.4%
Wildfire risk67.490.4
Flood risk93.769.5
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.