North Carolina vs Nebraska
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
North Carolina comes out ahead on 4 of them and Nebraska on 11, 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaNebraska
Home price$340,430$284,464
Rent paid$1,215$1,049
Cost of living97.892.6
Income$73,958$76,376
Property tax0.66%1.44%
Income tax3.99%4.55%
Sales tax7.10%6.98%
Electric bill$151$122
Temperature60.3°F52.3°F
Snowfall2.3 in20.7 in
Precipitation42.5 in28.4 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.414.1
Bachelor's or higher37.1%35.4%
Crime rate376221
Commute25.7 min19.9 min
Unemployment3.6%2.9%
Population change+7.2%+2.9%
Wildfire risk53.877.6
Flood risk84.665.3
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.