Kentucky 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.
Kentucky 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.
MeasureKentuckyWisconsin
Home price$235,363$342,279
Rent paid$957$1,071
Cost of living92.597.7
Income$64,526$77,488
Property tax0.74%1.32%
Income tax3.50%7.65%
Sales tax6.00%5.72%
Electric bill$155$124
Temperature56.9°F46.7°F
Snowfall13.4 in40.1 in
Precipitation57.0 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.13 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.613.9
Bachelor's or higher27.9%34.6%
Crime rate213279
Commute24.5 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.7%3.3%
Population change+2.2%+1.3%
Wildfire risk34.434.9
Flood risk70.478.5
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.