Nebraska vs West 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 8 of them and West Virginia on 7, 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.
MeasureNebraskaWest Virginia
Home price$284,464$182,704
Rent paid$1,049$868
Cost of living92.688.3
Income$76,376$60,798
Property tax1.44%0.51%
Income tax4.55%4.82%
Sales tax6.98%6.60%
Electric bill$122$167
Temperature52.3°F53.9°F
Snowfall20.7 in22.9 in
Precipitation28.4 in44.0 in
Sunshine4.25 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.113.7
Bachelor's or higher35.4%24.4%
Crime rate221249
Commute19.9 min26.5 min
Unemployment2.9%4.2%
Population change+2.9%-1.5%
Wildfire risk77.641.2
Flood risk65.379.2
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.