Illinois vs Louisiana
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 6 of them and Louisiana 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.
MeasureIllinoisLouisiana
Home price$298,871$217,968
Rent paid$1,292$1,056
Cost of living94.792.3
Income$83,211$60,986
Property tax1.88%0.55%
Income tax4.95%3.00%
Sales tax8.98%10.13%
Electric bill$134$157
Temperature52°F69.3°F
Snowfall25.4 in0.8 in
Precipitation30.8 in54.0 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.9
Bachelor's or higher39.2%27.8%
Crime rate289520
Commute28.3 min26.2 min
Unemployment5.1%4.4%
Population change-0.8%-0.9%
Wildfire risk37.348.0
Flood risk90.080.1
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.