Delaware 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.
Delaware comes out ahead on 4 of them and Nebraska 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.
MeasureDelawareNebraska
Home price$412,252$284,464
Rent paid$1,378$1,049
Cost of living101.992.6
Income$87,534$76,376
Property tax0.54%1.44%
Income tax6.60%4.55%
Sales tax0.00%6.98%
Electric bill$167$122
Temperature55.7°F52.3°F
Snowfall13.6 in20.7 in
Precipitation39.5 in28.4 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.814.1
Bachelor's or higher36.0%35.4%
Crime rate361221
Commute26.8 min19.9 min
Unemployment4.9%2.9%
Population change+7.1%+2.9%
Wildfire risk67.477.6
Flood risk93.765.3
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.