Florida 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.
Florida 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.
MeasureFloridaIllinois
Home price$378,126$298,871
Rent paid$1,644$1,292
Cost of living102.294.7
Income$77,735$83,211
Property tax0.78%1.88%
Income tax0.00%4.95%
Sales tax6.98%8.98%
Electric bill$169$134
Temperature74°F52°F
Snowfall0.2 in25.4 in
Precipitation43.3 in30.8 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.513.8
Bachelor's or higher35.8%39.2%
Crime rate267289
Commute28.9 min28.3 min
Unemployment4.7%5.1%
Population change+8.9%-0.8%
Wildfire risk92.837.3
Flood risk93.190.0
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.