Delaware vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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.
MeasureDelawareKansas
Home price$412,252$252,794
Rent paid$1,378$1,051
Cost of living101.988.8
Income$87,534$75,514
Property tax0.54%1.21%
Income tax6.60%5.58%
Sales tax0.00%8.71%
Electric bill$167$131
Temperature55.7°F56.7°F
Snowfall13.6 in17.2 in
Precipitation39.5 in33.5 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.813.6
Bachelor's or higher36.0%36.0%
Crime rate361439
Commute26.8 min20.0 min
Unemployment4.9%3.8%
Population change+7.1%+1.3%
Wildfire risk67.470.0
Flood risk93.769.4
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.