Illinois vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureIllinoisMissouri
Home price$298,871$271,597
Rent paid$1,292$1,030
Cost of living94.789
Income$83,211$71,589
Property tax1.88%0.89%
Income tax4.95%4.70%
Sales tax8.98%8.44%
Electric bill$134$145
Temperature52°F56.9°F
Snowfall25.4 in14.0 in
Precipitation30.8 in37.4 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.0
Bachelor's or higher39.2%33.5%
Crime rate289462
Commute28.3 min24.0 min
Unemployment5.1%3.7%
Population change-0.8%+1.9%
Wildfire risk37.354.0
Flood risk90.079.4
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.