Ohio 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.
Ohio 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.
MeasureOhioWisconsin
Home price$251,502$342,279
Rent paid$1,030$1,071
Cost of living94.397.7
Income$72,212$77,488
Property tax1.36%1.32%
Income tax2.75%7.65%
Sales tax7.29%5.72%
Electric bill$158$124
Temperature52°F46.7°F
Snowfall25.7 in40.1 in
Precipitation39.1 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.313.9
Bachelor's or higher32.4%34.6%
Crime rate294279
Commute23.8 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.6%3.3%
Population change+0.9%+1.3%
Wildfire risk36.734.9
Flood risk84.978.5
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.