Delaware vs Kentucky
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 Kentucky 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.
MeasureDelawareKentucky
Home price$412,252$235,363
Rent paid$1,378$957
Cost of living101.992.5
Income$87,534$64,526
Property tax0.54%0.74%
Income tax6.60%3.50%
Sales tax0.00%6.00%
Electric bill$167$155
Temperature55.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall13.6 in13.4 in
Precipitation39.5 in57.0 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.815.6
Bachelor's or higher36.0%27.9%
Crime rate361213
Commute26.8 min24.5 min
Unemployment4.9%4.7%
Population change+7.1%+2.2%
Wildfire risk67.434.4
Flood risk93.770.4
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.