Colorado 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.
Colorado comes out ahead on 5 of them and Nebraska on 10, 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.
MeasureColoradoNebraska
Home price$543,435$284,464
Rent paid$1,727$1,049
Cost of living102.792.6
Income$97,113$76,376
Property tax0.50%1.44%
Income tax4.40%4.55%
Sales tax7.89%6.98%
Electric bill$109$122
Temperature49.7°F52.3°F
Snowfall39.1 in20.7 in
Precipitation15.8 in28.4 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.614.1
Bachelor's or higher47.8%35.4%
Crime rate476221
Commute25.7 min19.9 min
Unemployment3.9%2.9%
Population change+4.1%+2.9%
Wildfire risk86.977.6
Flood risk85.465.3
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.