Michigan 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.
Michigan 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.
MeasureMichiganNebraska
Home price$269,972$284,464
Rent paid$1,117$1,049
Cost of living90.192.6
Income$72,389$76,376
Property tax1.19%1.44%
Income tax4.25%4.55%
Sales tax6.00%6.98%
Electric bill$131$122
Temperature48.9°F52.3°F
Snowfall47.5 in20.7 in
Precipitation30.4 in28.4 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.914.1
Bachelor's or higher33.3%35.4%
Crime rate434221
Commute24.3 min19.9 min
Unemployment5.0%2.9%
Population change+0.5%+2.9%
Wildfire risk39.877.6
Flood risk84.665.3
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.