Illinois vs Maryland
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 8 of them and Maryland on 7, 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.
MeasureIllinoisMaryland
Home price$298,871$436,104
Rent paid$1,292$1,732
Cost of living94.7115.4
Income$83,211$102,905
Property tax1.88%0.92%
Income tax4.95%6.50%
Sales tax8.98%6.00%
Electric bill$134$209
Temperature52°F56.1°F
Snowfall25.4 in15.2 in
Precipitation30.8 in37.4 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.814.6
Bachelor's or higher39.2%44.7%
Crime rate289420
Commute28.3 min32.3 min
Unemployment5.1%4.3%
Population change-0.8%+1.4%
Wildfire risk37.333.5
Flood risk90.081.7
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.