Delaware vs New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire on 7, 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.
MeasureDelawareNew Hampshire
Home price$412,252$522,944
Rent paid$1,378$1,488
Cost of living101.9111.4
Income$87,534$99,782
Property tax0.54%1.50%
Income tax6.60%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%0.00%
Electric bill$167$168
Temperature55.7°F46.7°F
Snowfall13.6 in50.6 in
Precipitation39.5 in40.2 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.811.4
Bachelor's or higher36.0%41.5%
Crime rate361110
Commute26.8 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.9%2.9%
Population change+7.1%+2.7%
Wildfire risk67.445.2
Flood risk93.785.5
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.