Iowa 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.
Iowa comes out ahead on 9 of them and Nebraska on 6, 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.
MeasureIowaNebraska
Home price$241,255$284,464
Rent paid$957$1,049
Cost of living89.792.6
Income$75,501$76,376
Property tax1.33%1.44%
Income tax3.80%4.55%
Sales tax6.94%6.98%
Electric bill$119$122
Temperature50.4°F52.3°F
Snowfall26.3 in20.7 in
Precipitation34.1 in28.4 in
Sunshine3.98 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.414.1
Bachelor's or higher32.1%35.4%
Crime rate243221
Commute20.4 min19.9 min
Unemployment3.2%2.9%
Population change+1.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk45.377.6
Flood risk62.665.3
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.