Pennsylvania 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.
Pennsylvania comes out ahead on 8 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.
MeasurePennsylvaniaWisconsin
Home price$294,099$342,279
Rent paid$1,224$1,071
Cost of living97.297.7
Income$77,545$77,488
Property tax1.26%1.32%
Income tax3.07%7.65%
Sales tax6.34%5.72%
Electric bill$173$124
Temperature52°F46.7°F
Snowfall21.7 in40.1 in
Precipitation39.6 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.90 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.513.9
Bachelor's or higher36.4%34.6%
Crime rate246279
Commute27.1 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.1%3.3%
Population change+0.4%+1.3%
Wildfire risk38.734.9
Flood risk92.378.5
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.