Alabama vs Illinois
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 8 of them and Illinois on 7, 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.
MeasureAlabamaIllinois
Home price$241,517$298,871
Rent paid$1,008$1,292
Cost of living88.694.7
Income$66,659$83,211
Property tax0.37%1.88%
Income tax5.00%4.95%
Sales tax9.46%8.98%
Electric bill$185$134
Temperature64.2°F52°F
Snowfall2.0 in25.4 in
Precipitation52.3 in30.8 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.8
Bachelor's or higher29.9%39.2%
Crime rate360289
Commute26.0 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.2%5.1%
Population change+3.3%-0.8%
Wildfire risk62.537.3
Flood risk83.390.0
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.