Delaware vs Louisiana
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 Louisiana 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.
MeasureDelawareLouisiana
Home price$412,252$217,968
Rent paid$1,378$1,056
Cost of living101.992.3
Income$87,534$60,986
Property tax0.54%0.55%
Income tax6.60%3.00%
Sales tax0.00%10.13%
Electric bill$167$157
Temperature55.7°F69.3°F
Snowfall13.6 in0.8 in
Precipitation39.5 in54.0 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.813.9
Bachelor's or higher36.0%27.8%
Crime rate361520
Commute26.8 min26.2 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+7.1%-0.9%
Wildfire risk67.448.0
Flood risk93.780.1
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.