North Carolina 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.
North Carolina 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.
MeasureNorth CarolinaWisconsin
Home price$340,430$342,279
Rent paid$1,215$1,071
Cost of living97.897.7
Income$73,958$77,488
Property tax0.66%1.32%
Income tax3.99%7.65%
Sales tax7.10%5.72%
Electric bill$151$124
Temperature60.3°F46.7°F
Snowfall2.3 in40.1 in
Precipitation42.5 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.46 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.413.9
Bachelor's or higher37.1%34.6%
Crime rate376279
Commute25.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.6%3.3%
Population change+7.2%+1.3%
Wildfire risk53.834.9
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.