Delaware vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming on 12, 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.
MeasureDelawareWyoming
Home price$412,252$372,526
Rent paid$1,378$1,010
Cost of living101.993.7
Income$87,534$75,532
Property tax0.54%0.53%
Income tax6.60%0.00%
Sales tax0.00%5.39%
Electric bill$167$115
Temperature55.7°F45.1°F
Snowfall13.6 in44.9 in
Precipitation39.5 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.812.5
Bachelor's or higher36.0%32.3%
Crime rate361203
Commute26.8 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.9%3.2%
Population change+7.1%+2.1%
Wildfire risk67.486.6
Flood risk93.754.1
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.