Connecticut 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.
Connecticut 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.
MeasureConnecticutIllinois
Home price$455,424$298,871
Rent paid$1,537$1,292
Cost of living112.794.7
Income$96,049$83,211
Property tax1.54%1.88%
Income tax6.99%4.95%
Sales tax6.35%8.98%
Electric bill$204$134
Temperature51.3°F52°F
Snowfall25.9 in25.4 in
Precipitation42.5 in30.8 in
Sunshine3.89 kWh/m²3.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher12.313.8
Bachelor's or higher42.6%39.2%
Crime rate136289
Commute27.0 min28.3 min
Unemployment5.2%5.1%
Population change+2.2%-0.8%
Wildfire risk45.037.3
Flood risk95.890.0
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.