California vs Wisconsin
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
California comes out ahead on 3 of them and Wisconsin on 12, 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.
MeasureCaliforniaWisconsin
Home price$775,549$342,279
Rent paid$2,042$1,071
Cost of living142.397.7
Income$100,149$77,488
Property tax0.70%1.32%
Income tax13.30%7.65%
Sales tax9.03%5.72%
Electric bill$161$124
Temperature62.7°F46.7°F
Snowfall4.3 in40.1 in
Precipitation18.4 in32.1 in
Sunshine5.20 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher21.913.9
Bachelor's or higher38.1%34.6%
Crime rate486279
Commute29.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.2%3.3%
Population change-0.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk96.834.9
Flood risk98.578.5
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.