Delaware vs Montana
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 Montana 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.
MeasureDelawareMontana
Home price$412,252$476,115
Rent paid$1,378$1,074
Cost of living101.995.5
Income$87,534$75,340
Property tax0.54%0.61%
Income tax6.60%5.65%
Sales tax0.00%0.00%
Electric bill$167$114
Temperature55.7°F44.2°F
Snowfall13.6 in54.5 in
Precipitation39.5 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.814.2
Bachelor's or higher36.0%36.3%
Crime rate361424
Commute26.8 min19.5 min
Unemployment4.9%3.3%
Population change+7.1%+5.6%
Wildfire risk67.488.5
Flood risk93.761.0
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.