Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma comes out ahead on 7 of them and Wisconsin on 7, 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.

MeasureOklahomaWisconsin
Home price$225,437$342,279
Rent paid$1,002$1,071
Cost of living8697.7
Income$66,148$77,488
Property tax0.79%1.32%
Income tax4.50%7.65%
Sales tax9.06%5.72%
Electric bill$141$124
Temperature61.9°F46.7°F
Snowfall4.4 in40.1 in
Precipitation44.0 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.62 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.313.9
Bachelor's or higher29.3%34.6%
Crime rate423279
Commute22.7 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.2%3.3%
Population change+4.1%+1.3%
Wildfire risk86.934.9
Flood risk76.778.5

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.

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