Illinois 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.
Illinois 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.
MeasureIllinoisNebraska
Home price$298,871$284,464
Rent paid$1,292$1,049
Cost of living94.792.6
Income$83,211$76,376
Property tax1.88%1.44%
Income tax4.95%4.55%
Sales tax8.98%6.98%
Electric bill$134$122
Temperature52°F52.3°F
Snowfall25.4 in20.7 in
Precipitation30.8 in28.4 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.814.1
Bachelor's or higher39.2%35.4%
Crime rate289221
Commute28.3 min19.9 min
Unemployment5.1%2.9%
Population change-0.8%+2.9%
Wildfire risk37.377.6
Flood risk90.065.3
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.