Texas 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.
Texas 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.
MeasureTexasWisconsin
Home price$302,999$342,279
Rent paid$1,386$1,071
Cost of living92.197.7
Income$79,721$77,488
Property tax1.40%1.32%
Income tax0.00%7.65%
Sales tax8.20%5.72%
Electric bill$174$124
Temperature69.7°F46.7°F
Snowfall1.0 in40.1 in
Precipitation33.1 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.77 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.113.9
Bachelor's or higher35.2%34.6%
Crime rate389279
Commute27.5 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.3%
Population change+8.8%+1.3%
Wildfire risk83.534.9
Flood risk89.278.5
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.