Delaware vs Texas
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 9 of them and Texas on 6, 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.
MeasureDelawareTexas
Home price$412,252$302,999
Rent paid$1,378$1,386
Cost of living101.992.1
Income$87,534$79,721
Property tax0.54%1.40%
Income tax6.60%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%8.20%
Electric bill$167$174
Temperature55.7°F69.7°F
Snowfall13.6 in1.0 in
Precipitation39.5 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.815.1
Bachelor's or higher36.0%35.2%
Crime rate361389
Commute26.8 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+7.1%+8.8%
Wildfire risk67.483.5
Flood risk93.789.2
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.