Delaware vs Oklahoma
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 6 of them and Oklahoma on 9, 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.
MeasureDelawareOklahoma
Home price$412,252$225,437
Rent paid$1,378$1,002
Cost of living101.986
Income$87,534$66,148
Property tax0.54%0.79%
Income tax6.60%4.50%
Sales tax0.00%9.06%
Electric bill$167$141
Temperature55.7°F61.9°F
Snowfall13.6 in4.4 in
Precipitation39.5 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.816.3
Bachelor's or higher36.0%29.3%
Crime rate361423
Commute26.8 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.9%4.2%
Population change+7.1%+4.1%
Wildfire risk67.486.9
Flood risk93.776.7
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.