Delaware vs Iowa
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 4 of them and Iowa 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.
MeasureDelawareIowa
Home price$412,252$241,255
Rent paid$1,378$957
Cost of living101.989.7
Income$87,534$75,501
Property tax0.54%1.33%
Income tax6.60%3.80%
Sales tax0.00%6.94%
Electric bill$167$119
Temperature55.7°F50.4°F
Snowfall13.6 in26.3 in
Precipitation39.5 in34.1 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.814.4
Bachelor's or higher36.0%32.1%
Crime rate361243
Commute26.8 min20.4 min
Unemployment4.9%3.2%
Population change+7.1%+1.5%
Wildfire risk67.445.3
Flood risk93.762.6
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.