South Dakota 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.
South Dakota comes out ahead on 9 of them and Wisconsin on 6, 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.
MeasureSouth DakotaWisconsin
Home price$325,618$342,279
Rent paid$941$1,071
Cost of living91.997.7
Income$76,881$77,488
Property tax1.00%1.32%
Income tax0.00%7.65%
Sales tax6.11%5.72%
Electric bill$138$124
Temperature47.4°F46.7°F
Snowfall29.7 in40.1 in
Precipitation23.7 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.08 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.213.9
Bachelor's or higher34.2%34.6%
Crime rate362279
Commute18.5 min22.7 min
Unemployment2.0%3.3%
Population change+5.5%+1.3%
Wildfire risk75.534.9
Flood risk54.578.5
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.