Illinois vs New Hampshire
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 6 of them and New Hampshire on 9, 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.
MeasureIllinoisNew Hampshire
Home price$298,871$522,944
Rent paid$1,292$1,488
Cost of living94.7111.4
Income$83,211$99,782
Property tax1.88%1.50%
Income tax4.95%0.00%
Sales tax8.98%0.00%
Electric bill$134$168
Temperature52°F46.7°F
Snowfall25.4 in50.6 in
Precipitation30.8 in40.2 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.811.4
Bachelor's or higher39.2%41.5%
Crime rate289110
Commute28.3 min27.5 min
Unemployment5.1%2.9%
Population change-0.8%+2.7%
Wildfire risk37.345.2
Flood risk90.085.5
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.