Delaware vs North Dakota
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 4 of them and North Dakota on 11, 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 Dakota
Home price$412,252$293,556
Rent paid$1,378$931
Cost of living101.991.4
Income$87,534$77,871
Property tax0.54%0.92%
Income tax6.60%2.50%
Sales tax0.00%7.09%
Electric bill$167$133
Temperature55.7°F42.4°F
Snowfall13.6 in23.0 in
Precipitation39.5 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.811.7
Bachelor's or higher36.0%34.0%
Crime rate361254
Commute26.8 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.9%2.3%
Population change+7.1%+2.6%
Wildfire risk67.465.1
Flood risk93.749.2
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.