Illinois vs Massachusetts
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 10 of them and Massachusetts on 5, 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.
MeasureIllinoisMassachusetts
Home price$298,871$672,867
Rent paid$1,292$1,788
Cost of living94.7141.2
Income$83,211$104,828
Property tax1.88%1.00%
Income tax4.95%9.00%
Sales tax8.98%6.25%
Electric bill$134$183
Temperature52°F50.1°F
Snowfall25.4 in29.5 in
Precipitation30.8 in42.1 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.812.0
Bachelor's or higher39.2%48.3%
Crime rate289315
Commute28.3 min30.6 min
Unemployment5.1%4.4%
Population change-0.8%+1.7%
Wildfire risk37.351.0
Flood risk90.094.7
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.