Nebraska vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureNebraskaVirginia
Home price$284,464$419,920
Rent paid$1,049$1,599
Cost of living92.6100.8
Income$76,376$92,090
Property tax1.44%0.78%
Income tax4.55%5.75%
Sales tax6.98%5.77%
Electric bill$122$173
Temperature52.3°F57.6°F
Snowfall20.7 in11.3 in
Precipitation28.4 in40.8 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.114.0
Bachelor's or higher35.4%43.3%
Crime rate221218
Commute19.9 min28.3 min
Unemployment2.9%3.7%
Population change+2.9%+2.9%
Wildfire risk77.633.1
Flood risk65.367.2
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.