Delaware vs New Jersey
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 9 of them and New Jersey on 6, 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 Jersey
Home price$412,252$584,681
Rent paid$1,378$1,719
Cost of living101.9115.1
Income$87,534$104,294
Property tax0.54%1.88%
Income tax6.60%10.75%
Sales tax0.00%6.60%
Electric bill$167$159
Temperature55.7°F54.1°F
Snowfall13.6 in17.4 in
Precipitation39.5 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.811.8
Bachelor's or higher36.0%44.5%
Crime rate361218
Commute26.8 min31.9 min
Unemployment4.9%4.5%
Population change+7.1%+2.8%
Wildfire risk67.450.6
Flood risk93.795.7
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.