Delaware vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureDelawarePennsylvania
Home price$412,252$294,099
Rent paid$1,378$1,224
Cost of living101.997.2
Income$87,534$77,545
Property tax0.54%1.26%
Income tax6.60%3.07%
Sales tax0.00%6.34%
Electric bill$167$173
Temperature55.7°F52°F
Snowfall13.6 in21.7 in
Precipitation39.5 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.813.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%36.4%
Crime rate361246
Commute26.8 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.9%4.1%
Population change+7.1%+0.4%
Wildfire risk67.438.7
Flood risk93.792.3
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.