Idaho 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.
Idaho comes out ahead on 8 of them and Wisconsin on 7, 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.
MeasureIdahoWisconsin
Home price$482,199$342,279
Rent paid$1,251$1,071
Cost of living99.997.7
Income$81,166$77,488
Property tax0.50%1.32%
Income tax5.30%7.65%
Sales tax6.03%5.72%
Electric bill$112$124
Temperature50.2°F46.7°F
Snowfall17.8 in40.1 in
Precipitation17.4 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.9
Bachelor's or higher33.0%34.6%
Crime rate231279
Commute22.2 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.7%3.3%
Population change+10.4%+1.3%
Wildfire risk90.434.9
Flood risk69.578.5
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.