Illinois vs Mississippi
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 4 of them and Mississippi on 11, 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.
MeasureIllinoisMississippi
Home price$298,871$198,428
Rent paid$1,292$966
Cost of living94.787.3
Income$83,211$59,127
Property tax1.88%0.58%
Income tax4.95%4.00%
Sales tax8.98%7.06%
Electric bill$134$171
Temperature52°F66.2°F
Snowfall25.4 in0.9 in
Precipitation30.8 in53.1 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.58 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.814.3
Bachelor's or higher39.2%27.0%
Crime rate289211
Commute28.3 min26.4 min
Unemployment5.1%3.8%
Population change-0.8%-0.2%
Wildfire risk37.358.0
Flood risk90.063.4
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.