Illinois vs Michigan
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 5 of them and Michigan on 10, 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.
MeasureIllinoisMichigan
Home price$298,871$269,972
Rent paid$1,292$1,117
Cost of living94.790.1
Income$83,211$72,389
Property tax1.88%1.19%
Income tax4.95%4.25%
Sales tax8.98%6.00%
Electric bill$134$131
Temperature52°F48.9°F
Snowfall25.4 in47.5 in
Precipitation30.8 in30.4 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.816.9
Bachelor's or higher39.2%33.3%
Crime rate289434
Commute28.3 min24.3 min
Unemployment5.1%5.0%
Population change-0.8%+0.5%
Wildfire risk37.339.8
Flood risk90.084.6
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.