Illinois vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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.
MeasureIllinoisKansas
Home price$298,871$252,794
Rent paid$1,292$1,051
Cost of living94.788.8
Income$83,211$75,514
Property tax1.88%1.21%
Income tax4.95%5.58%
Sales tax8.98%8.71%
Electric bill$134$131
Temperature52°F56.7°F
Snowfall25.4 in17.2 in
Precipitation30.8 in33.5 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.6
Bachelor's or higher39.2%36.0%
Crime rate289439
Commute28.3 min20.0 min
Unemployment5.1%3.8%
Population change-0.8%+1.3%
Wildfire risk37.370.0
Flood risk90.069.4
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.