California vs Nebraska
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
California comes out ahead on 3 of them and Nebraska 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.
MeasureCaliforniaNebraska
Home price$775,549$284,464
Rent paid$2,042$1,049
Cost of living142.392.6
Income$100,149$76,376
Property tax0.70%1.44%
Income tax13.30%4.55%
Sales tax9.03%6.98%
Electric bill$161$122
Temperature62.7°F52.3°F
Snowfall4.3 in20.7 in
Precipitation18.4 in28.4 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.914.1
Bachelor's or higher38.1%35.4%
Crime rate486221
Commute29.7 min19.9 min
Unemployment5.2%2.9%
Population change-0.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk96.877.6
Flood risk98.565.3
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.