Delaware vs Indiana
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 Indiana 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.
MeasureDelawareIndiana
Home price$412,252$262,265
Rent paid$1,378$1,063
Cost of living101.991
Income$87,534$71,959
Property tax0.54%0.76%
Income tax6.60%2.95%
Sales tax0.00%7.00%
Electric bill$167$160
Temperature55.7°F52.6°F
Snowfall13.6 in26.8 in
Precipitation39.5 in38.0 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.815.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%30.7%
Crime rate361313
Commute26.8 min24.6 min
Unemployment4.9%3.3%
Population change+7.1%+2.8%
Wildfire risk67.424.6
Flood risk93.775.8
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.