Illinois vs Nevada
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 Nevada on 6, 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.
MeasureIllinoisNevada
Home price$298,871$448,215
Rent paid$1,292$1,580
Cost of living94.7100.2
Income$83,211$81,134
Property tax1.88%0.50%
Income tax4.95%0.00%
Sales tax8.98%8.24%
Electric bill$134$117
Temperature52°F62.8°F
Snowfall25.4 in1.7 in
Precipitation30.8 in8.6 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.820.0
Bachelor's or higher39.2%28.5%
Crime rate289402
Commute28.3 min25.7 min
Unemployment5.1%5.1%
Population change-0.8%+5.7%
Wildfire risk37.398.1
Flood risk90.093.9
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.