Delaware 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.
Delaware 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.
MeasureDelawareIllinois
Home price$412,252$298,871
Rent paid$1,378$1,292
Cost of living101.994.7
Income$87,534$83,211
Property tax0.54%1.88%
Income tax6.60%4.95%
Sales tax0.00%8.98%
Electric bill$167$134
Temperature55.7°F52°F
Snowfall13.6 in25.4 in
Precipitation39.5 in30.8 in
Sunshine4.11 kWh/m²3.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher14.813.8
Bachelor's or higher36.0%39.2%
Crime rate361289
Commute26.8 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.9%5.1%
Population change+7.1%-0.8%
Wildfire risk67.437.3
Flood risk93.790.0
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.