Nebraska vs Pennsylvania
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 9 of them and Pennsylvania on 6, 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.
MeasureNebraskaPennsylvania
Home price$284,464$294,099
Rent paid$1,049$1,224
Cost of living92.697.2
Income$76,376$77,545
Property tax1.44%1.26%
Income tax4.55%3.07%
Sales tax6.98%6.34%
Electric bill$122$173
Temperature52.3°F52°F
Snowfall20.7 in21.7 in
Precipitation28.4 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.113.5
Bachelor's or higher35.4%36.4%
Crime rate221246
Commute19.9 min27.1 min
Unemployment2.9%4.1%
Population change+2.9%+0.4%
Wildfire risk77.638.7
Flood risk65.392.3
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.