Delaware vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureDelawareVirginia
Home price$412,252$419,920
Rent paid$1,378$1,599
Cost of living101.9100.8
Income$87,534$92,090
Property tax0.54%0.78%
Income tax6.60%5.75%
Sales tax0.00%5.77%
Electric bill$167$173
Temperature55.7°F57.6°F
Snowfall13.6 in11.3 in
Precipitation39.5 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.814.0
Bachelor's or higher36.0%43.3%
Crime rate361218
Commute26.8 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.9%3.7%
Population change+7.1%+2.9%
Wildfire risk67.433.1
Flood risk93.767.2
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.