Massachusetts 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.
Massachusetts comes out ahead on 4 of them and Wisconsin on 11, 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.
MeasureMassachusettsWisconsin
Home price$672,867$342,279
Rent paid$1,788$1,071
Cost of living141.297.7
Income$104,828$77,488
Property tax1.00%1.32%
Income tax9.00%7.65%
Sales tax6.25%5.72%
Electric bill$183$124
Temperature50.1°F46.7°F
Snowfall29.5 in40.1 in
Precipitation42.1 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.82 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.013.9
Bachelor's or higher48.3%34.6%
Crime rate315279
Commute30.6 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change+1.7%+1.3%
Wildfire risk51.034.9
Flood risk94.778.5
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.