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Alabama vs Illinois

Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.

Compare every measure interactively

Alabama comes out ahead on 3 of them and Illinois on 2, 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
Typical home value$238,614$295,943
Home price-to-income3.6×3.6×
Household income$66,659$83,211
Property tax0.37%1.88%
Income tax5.00%4.95%
Sales tax9.46%8.98%
Temperature64.2°F52°F
Population5,157,69912,710,158
Cost of living88.694.7

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.