Illinois vs Kentucky
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 3 of them and Kentucky on 12, 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.
MeasureIllinoisKentucky
Home price$298,871$235,363
Rent paid$1,292$957
Cost of living94.792.5
Income$83,211$64,526
Property tax1.88%0.74%
Income tax4.95%3.50%
Sales tax8.98%6.00%
Electric bill$134$155
Temperature52°F56.9°F
Snowfall25.4 in13.4 in
Precipitation30.8 in57.0 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.815.6
Bachelor's or higher39.2%27.9%
Crime rate289213
Commute28.3 min24.5 min
Unemployment5.1%4.7%
Population change-0.8%+2.2%
Wildfire risk37.334.4
Flood risk90.070.4
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.