Delaware vs Minnesota
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 6 of them and Minnesota on 9, 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.
MeasureDelawareMinnesota
Home price$412,252$356,887
Rent paid$1,378$1,272
Cost of living101.994.6
Income$87,534$87,117
Property tax0.54%1.00%
Income tax6.60%9.85%
Sales tax0.00%8.14%
Electric bill$167$119
Temperature55.7°F45.6°F
Snowfall13.6 in30.7 in
Precipitation39.5 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.815.7
Bachelor's or higher36.0%40.0%
Crime rate361257
Commute26.8 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+7.1%+2.2%
Wildfire risk67.457.4
Flood risk93.779.3
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.