Arizona 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.
Arizona comes out ahead on 6 of them and Illinois on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaIllinois
Home price$422,822$298,871
Rent paid$1,518$1,292
Cost of living110.794.7
Income$81,486$83,211
Property tax0.48%1.88%
Income tax2.50%4.95%
Sales tax8.54%8.98%
Electric bill$161$134
Temperature70.7°F52°F
Snowfall2.0 in25.4 in
Precipitation9.0 in30.8 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.913.8
Bachelor's or higher34.7%39.2%
Crime rate422289
Commute26.4 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.9%5.1%
Population change+6.5%-0.8%
Wildfire risk98.237.3
Flood risk98.390.0
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.