New York 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.
New York comes out ahead on 5 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.
MeasureNew YorkWisconsin
Home price$525,947$342,279
Rent paid$1,671$1,071
Cost of living125.197.7
Income$85,820$77,488
Property tax1.30%1.32%
Income tax10.90%7.65%
Sales tax8.54%5.72%
Electric bill$164$124
Temperature52.4°F46.7°F
Snowfall39.2 in40.1 in
Precipitation37.2 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.88 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher11.613.9
Bachelor's or higher41.2%34.6%
Crime rate380279
Commute33.2 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.6%3.3%
Population change-1.0%+1.3%
Wildfire risk34.834.9
Flood risk94.678.5
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.