Virginia 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.
Virginia comes out ahead on 7 of them and Wisconsin on 8, 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.
MeasureVirginiaWisconsin
Home price$419,920$342,279
Rent paid$1,599$1,071
Cost of living100.897.7
Income$92,090$77,488
Property tax0.78%1.32%
Income tax5.75%7.65%
Sales tax5.77%5.72%
Electric bill$173$124
Temperature57.6°F46.7°F
Snowfall11.3 in40.1 in
Precipitation40.8 in32.1 in
Sunshine4.24 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.013.9
Bachelor's or higher43.3%34.6%
Crime rate218279
Commute28.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.7%3.3%
Population change+2.9%+1.3%
Wildfire risk33.134.9
Flood risk67.278.5
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.