Colorado 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.
Colorado comes out ahead on 9 of them and Illinois on 6, 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.
MeasureColoradoIllinois
Home price$543,435$298,871
Rent paid$1,727$1,292
Cost of living102.794.7
Income$97,113$83,211
Property tax0.50%1.88%
Income tax4.40%4.95%
Sales tax7.89%8.98%
Electric bill$109$134
Temperature49.7°F52°F
Snowfall39.1 in25.4 in
Precipitation15.8 in30.8 in
Sunshine4.76 kWh/m²3.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher16.613.8
Bachelor's or higher47.8%39.2%
Crime rate476289
Commute25.7 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.9%5.1%
Population change+4.1%-0.8%
Wildfire risk86.937.3
Flood risk85.490.0
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.