Delaware vs Tennessee
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 3 of them and Tennessee 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.
MeasureDelawareTennessee
Home price$412,252$338,769
Rent paid$1,378$1,171
Cost of living101.990.3
Income$87,534$71,997
Property tax0.54%0.52%
Income tax6.60%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%9.61%
Electric bill$167$163
Temperature55.7°F60.1°F
Snowfall13.6 in4.8 in
Precipitation39.5 in53.3 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher36.0%32.4%
Crime rate361592
Commute26.8 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.9%3.5%
Population change+7.1%+5.8%
Wildfire risk67.448.1
Flood risk93.776.4
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.