Delaware vs South Dakota
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyDelaware comes out ahead on 3 of them and South Dakota on 4, 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.
MeasureDelawareSouth Dakota
Typical home value$405,061$317,874
Home price-to-income4.6×4.1×
Household income$87,534$76,881
Property tax0.54%1.00%
Income tax6.60%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%6.11%
Temperature55.7°F47.4°F
Population1,051,917924,669
Cost of living101.991.9
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.