Connecticut 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.
Connecticut 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.
MeasureConnecticutWisconsin
Home price$455,424$342,279
Rent paid$1,537$1,071
Cost of living112.797.7
Income$96,049$77,488
Property tax1.54%1.32%
Income tax6.99%7.65%
Sales tax6.35%5.72%
Electric bill$204$124
Temperature51.3°F46.7°F
Snowfall25.9 in40.1 in
Precipitation42.5 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.9
Bachelor's or higher42.6%34.6%
Crime rate136279
Commute27.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.2%3.3%
Population change+2.2%+1.3%
Wildfire risk45.034.9
Flood risk95.878.5
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.