Idaho 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.
Idaho 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.
MeasureIdahoIllinois
Home price$482,199$298,871
Rent paid$1,251$1,292
Cost of living99.994.7
Income$81,166$83,211
Property tax0.50%1.88%
Income tax5.30%4.95%
Sales tax6.03%8.98%
Electric bill$112$134
Temperature50.2°F52°F
Snowfall17.8 in25.4 in
Precipitation17.4 in30.8 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.8
Bachelor's or higher33.0%39.2%
Crime rate231289
Commute22.2 min28.3 min
Unemployment3.7%5.1%
Population change+10.4%-0.8%
Wildfire risk90.437.3
Flood risk69.590.0
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.