Michigan 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.
Michigan comes out ahead on 4 of them and Wisconsin on 10, 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.
MeasureMichiganWisconsin
Home price$269,972$342,279
Rent paid$1,117$1,071
Cost of living90.197.7
Income$72,389$77,488
Property tax1.19%1.32%
Income tax4.25%7.65%
Sales tax6.00%5.72%
Electric bill$131$124
Temperature48.9°F46.7°F
Snowfall47.5 in40.1 in
Precipitation30.4 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.913.9
Bachelor's or higher33.3%34.6%
Crime rate434279
Commute24.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.0%3.3%
Population change+0.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk39.834.9
Flood risk84.678.5
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.