District of Columbia 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.
District of Columbia 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.
MeasureDistrict of ColumbiaWisconsin
Home price$579,332$342,279
Rent paid$1,954$1,071
Cost of living138.897.7
Income$109,707$77,488
Property tax0.61%1.32%
Income tax10.75%7.65%
Sales tax6.00%5.72%
Electric bill$152$124
Snowfall10.2 in40.1 in
Precipitation39.7 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.15 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.013.9
Bachelor's or higher65.5%34.6%
Crime rate1,006279
Commute31.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment6.0%3.3%
Population change+0.6%+1.3%
Wildfire risk26.234.9
Flood risk97.478.5
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.