Kansas 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.
Kansas comes out ahead on 9 of them and Wisconsin on 6, 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.
MeasureKansasWisconsin
Home price$252,794$342,279
Rent paid$1,051$1,071
Cost of living88.897.7
Income$75,514$77,488
Property tax1.21%1.32%
Income tax5.58%7.65%
Sales tax8.71%5.72%
Electric bill$131$124
Temperature56.7°F46.7°F
Snowfall17.2 in40.1 in
Precipitation33.5 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.613.9
Bachelor's or higher36.0%34.6%
Crime rate439279
Commute20.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.8%3.3%
Population change+1.3%+1.3%
Wildfire risk70.034.9
Flood risk69.478.5
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.