Illinois vs Indiana
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Illinois comes out ahead on 4 of them and Indiana on 11, 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.
MeasureIllinoisIndiana
Home price$298,871$262,265
Rent paid$1,292$1,063
Cost of living94.791
Income$83,211$71,959
Property tax1.88%0.76%
Income tax4.95%2.95%
Sales tax8.98%7.00%
Electric bill$134$160
Temperature52°F52.6°F
Snowfall25.4 in26.8 in
Precipitation30.8 in38.0 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.815.5
Bachelor's or higher39.2%30.7%
Crime rate289313
Commute28.3 min24.6 min
Unemployment5.1%3.3%
Population change-0.8%+2.8%
Wildfire risk37.324.6
Flood risk90.075.8
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.