Colorado 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.
Colorado comes out ahead on 5 of them and Wisconsin on 10, 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.
MeasureColoradoWisconsin
Home price$543,435$342,279
Rent paid$1,727$1,071
Cost of living102.797.7
Income$97,113$77,488
Property tax0.50%1.32%
Income tax4.40%7.65%
Sales tax7.89%5.72%
Electric bill$109$124
Temperature49.7°F46.7°F
Snowfall39.1 in40.1 in
Precipitation15.8 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.613.9
Bachelor's or higher47.8%34.6%
Crime rate476279
Commute25.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.9%3.3%
Population change+4.1%+1.3%
Wildfire risk86.934.9
Flood risk85.478.5
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.