Delaware vs North Carolina
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 North Carolina 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.
MeasureDelawareNorth Carolina
Home price$412,252$340,430
Rent paid$1,378$1,215
Cost of living101.997.8
Income$87,534$73,958
Property tax0.54%0.66%
Income tax6.60%3.99%
Sales tax0.00%7.10%
Electric bill$167$151
Temperature55.7°F60.3°F
Snowfall13.6 in2.3 in
Precipitation39.5 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.816.4
Bachelor's or higher36.0%37.1%
Crime rate361376
Commute26.8 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.9%3.6%
Population change+7.1%+7.2%
Wildfire risk67.453.8
Flood risk93.784.6
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.