Kansas 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.
Kansas comes out ahead on 6 of them and Nebraska on 9, 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.
MeasureKansasNebraska
Home price$252,794$284,464
Rent paid$1,051$1,049
Cost of living88.892.6
Income$75,514$76,376
Property tax1.21%1.44%
Income tax5.58%4.55%
Sales tax8.71%6.98%
Electric bill$131$122
Temperature56.7°F52.3°F
Snowfall17.2 in20.7 in
Precipitation33.5 in28.4 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.614.1
Bachelor's or higher36.0%35.4%
Crime rate439221
Commute20.0 min19.9 min
Unemployment3.8%2.9%
Population change+1.3%+2.9%
Wildfire risk70.077.6
Flood risk69.465.3
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.