Delaware vs Michigan
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 Michigan 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.
MeasureDelawareMichigan
Home price$412,252$269,972
Rent paid$1,378$1,117
Cost of living101.990.1
Income$87,534$72,389
Property tax0.54%1.19%
Income tax6.60%4.25%
Sales tax0.00%6.00%
Electric bill$167$131
Temperature55.7°F48.9°F
Snowfall13.6 in47.5 in
Precipitation39.5 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.816.9
Bachelor's or higher36.0%33.3%
Crime rate361434
Commute26.8 min24.3 min
Unemployment4.9%5.0%
Population change+7.1%+0.5%
Wildfire risk67.439.8
Flood risk93.784.6
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.