Delaware vs West 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 3 of them and West Virginia 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.
MeasureDelawareWest Virginia
Home price$412,252$182,704
Rent paid$1,378$868
Cost of living101.988.3
Income$87,534$60,798
Property tax0.54%0.51%
Income tax6.60%4.82%
Sales tax0.00%6.60%
Electric bill$167$167
Temperature55.7°F53.9°F
Snowfall13.6 in22.9 in
Precipitation39.5 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.813.7
Bachelor's or higher36.0%24.4%
Crime rate361249
Commute26.8 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.9%4.2%
Population change+7.1%-1.5%
Wildfire risk67.441.2
Flood risk93.779.2
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.