Delaware vs Mississippi
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 Mississippi 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.
MeasureDelawareMississippi
Home price$412,252$198,428
Rent paid$1,378$966
Cost of living101.987.3
Income$87,534$59,127
Property tax0.54%0.58%
Income tax6.60%4.00%
Sales tax0.00%7.06%
Electric bill$167$171
Temperature55.7°F66.2°F
Snowfall13.6 in0.9 in
Precipitation39.5 in53.1 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.814.3
Bachelor's or higher36.0%27.0%
Crime rate361211
Commute26.8 min26.4 min
Unemployment4.9%3.8%
Population change+7.1%-0.2%
Wildfire risk67.458.0
Flood risk93.763.4
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.