Delaware vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureDelawareUtah
Home price$412,252$541,692
Rent paid$1,378$1,489
Cost of living101.9102.2
Income$87,534$96,658
Property tax0.54%0.48%
Income tax6.60%4.50%
Sales tax0.00%7.42%
Electric bill$167$102
Temperature55.7°F51.6°F
Snowfall13.6 in65.6 in
Precipitation39.5 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.821.9
Bachelor's or higher36.0%39.1%
Crime rate361230
Commute26.8 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.9%3.6%
Population change+7.1%+8.2%
Wildfire risk67.495.3
Flood risk93.774.6
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.