Kentucky 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.
Kentucky comes out ahead on 8 of them and Nebraska on 7, 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.
MeasureKentuckyNebraska
Home price$235,363$284,464
Rent paid$957$1,049
Cost of living92.592.6
Income$64,526$76,376
Property tax0.74%1.44%
Income tax3.50%4.55%
Sales tax6.00%6.98%
Electric bill$155$122
Temperature56.9°F52.3°F
Snowfall13.4 in20.7 in
Precipitation57.0 in28.4 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.614.1
Bachelor's or higher27.9%35.4%
Crime rate213221
Commute24.5 min19.9 min
Unemployment4.7%2.9%
Population change+2.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk34.477.6
Flood risk70.465.3
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.