Nebraska vs New York
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 11 of them and New York on 4, 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 York
Home price$284,464$525,947
Rent paid$1,049$1,671
Cost of living92.6125.1
Income$76,376$85,820
Property tax1.44%1.30%
Income tax4.55%10.90%
Sales tax6.98%8.54%
Electric bill$122$164
Temperature52.3°F52.4°F
Snowfall20.7 in39.2 in
Precipitation28.4 in37.2 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.111.6
Bachelor's or higher35.4%41.2%
Crime rate221380
Commute19.9 min33.2 min
Unemployment2.9%4.6%
Population change+2.9%-1.0%
Wildfire risk77.634.8
Flood risk65.394.6
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.