Louisiana 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.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 6 of them and Wisconsin on 8, 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.
MeasureLouisianaWisconsin
Home price$217,968$342,279
Rent paid$1,056$1,071
Cost of living92.397.7
Income$60,986$77,488
Property tax0.55%1.32%
Income tax3.00%7.65%
Sales tax10.13%5.72%
Electric bill$157$124
Temperature69.3°F46.7°F
Snowfall0.8 in40.1 in
Precipitation54.0 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.913.9
Bachelor's or higher27.8%34.6%
Crime rate520279
Commute26.2 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change-0.9%+1.3%
Wildfire risk48.034.9
Flood risk80.178.5
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.