Maine 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.
Maine 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.
MeasureMaineWisconsin
Home price$424,107$342,279
Rent paid$1,169$1,071
Cost of living11397.7
Income$76,442$77,488
Property tax0.98%1.32%
Income tax7.15%7.65%
Sales tax5.50%5.72%
Electric bill$155$124
Temperature44.8°F46.7°F
Snowfall66.8 in40.1 in
Precipitation39.1 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.72 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.513.9
Bachelor's or higher37.1%34.6%
Crime rate100279
Commute25.6 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.1%3.3%
Population change+3.8%+1.3%
Wildfire risk32.334.9
Flood risk67.178.5
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.