Delaware vs New Mexico
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 5 of them and New Mexico on 10, 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 Mexico
Home price$412,252$321,186
Rent paid$1,378$1,073
Cost of living101.993.7
Income$87,534$67,816
Property tax0.54%0.63%
Income tax6.60%5.90%
Sales tax0.00%7.68%
Electric bill$167$98
Temperature55.7°F56.8°F
Snowfall13.6 in8.9 in
Precipitation39.5 in11.3 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.813.8
Bachelor's or higher36.0%31.8%
Crime rate361717
Commute26.8 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.9%4.8%
Population change+7.1%+0.4%
Wildfire risk67.492.1
Flood risk93.788.2
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.