Wisconsin vs West Virginia
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Wisconsin comes out ahead on 7 of them and West Virginia 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.
MeasureWisconsinWest Virginia
Home price$342,279$182,704
Rent paid$1,071$868
Cost of living97.788.3
Income$77,488$60,798
Property tax1.32%0.51%
Income tax7.65%4.82%
Sales tax5.72%6.60%
Electric bill$124$167
Temperature46.7°F53.9°F
Snowfall40.1 in22.9 in
Precipitation32.1 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.80 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.913.7
Bachelor's or higher34.6%24.4%
Crime rate279249
Commute22.7 min26.5 min
Unemployment3.3%4.2%
Population change+1.3%-1.5%
Wildfire risk34.941.2
Flood risk78.579.2
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.