Illinois vs Maine
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 Maine 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.
MeasureIllinoisMaine
Home price$298,871$424,107
Rent paid$1,292$1,169
Cost of living94.7113
Income$83,211$76,442
Property tax1.88%0.98%
Income tax4.95%7.15%
Sales tax8.98%5.50%
Electric bill$134$155
Temperature52°F44.8°F
Snowfall25.4 in66.8 in
Precipitation30.8 in39.1 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.811.5
Bachelor's or higher39.2%37.1%
Crime rate289100
Commute28.3 min25.6 min
Unemployment5.1%3.1%
Population change-0.8%+3.8%
Wildfire risk37.332.3
Flood risk90.067.1
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.