Nebraska vs New Jersey
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Nebraska comes out ahead on 10 of them and New Jersey on 5, 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.
MeasureNebraskaNew Jersey
Home price$284,464$584,681
Rent paid$1,049$1,719
Cost of living92.6115.1
Income$76,376$104,294
Property tax1.44%1.88%
Income tax4.55%10.75%
Sales tax6.98%6.60%
Electric bill$122$159
Temperature52.3°F54.1°F
Snowfall20.7 in17.4 in
Precipitation28.4 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.111.8
Bachelor's or higher35.4%44.5%
Crime rate221218
Commute19.9 min31.9 min
Unemployment2.9%4.5%
Population change+2.9%+2.8%
Wildfire risk77.650.6
Flood risk65.395.7
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.