Delaware vs Maine
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 7 of them and Maine on 8, 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.
MeasureDelawareMaine
Home price$412,252$424,107
Rent paid$1,378$1,169
Cost of living101.9113
Income$87,534$76,442
Property tax0.54%0.98%
Income tax6.60%7.15%
Sales tax0.00%5.50%
Electric bill$167$155
Temperature55.7°F44.8°F
Snowfall13.6 in66.8 in
Precipitation39.5 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.811.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%37.1%
Crime rate361100
Commute26.8 min25.6 min
Unemployment4.9%3.1%
Population change+7.1%+3.8%
Wildfire risk67.432.3
Flood risk93.767.1
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.