Washington 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.
Washington comes out ahead on 3 of them and Wisconsin on 12, 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.
MeasureWashingtonWisconsin
Home price$603,303$342,279
Rent paid$1,712$1,071
Cost of living114.197.7
Income$99,389$77,488
Property tax0.75%1.32%
Income tax0.00%7.65%
Sales tax9.57%5.72%
Electric bill$130$124
Temperature50°F46.7°F
Snowfall5.4 in40.1 in
Precipitation56.5 in32.1 in
Sunshine3.56 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.313.9
Bachelor's or higher41.0%34.6%
Crime rate326279
Commute27.2 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.2%3.3%
Population change+3.8%+1.3%
Wildfire risk74.234.9
Flood risk91.478.5
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.