Illinois vs New Jersey
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 New Jersey 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.
MeasureIllinoisNew Jersey
Home price$298,871$584,681
Rent paid$1,292$1,719
Cost of living94.7115.1
Income$83,211$104,294
Property tax1.88%1.88%
Income tax4.95%10.75%
Sales tax8.98%6.60%
Electric bill$134$159
Temperature52°F54.1°F
Snowfall25.4 in17.4 in
Precipitation30.8 in38.7 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.811.8
Bachelor's or higher39.2%44.5%
Crime rate289218
Commute28.3 min31.9 min
Unemployment5.1%4.5%
Population change-0.8%+2.8%
Wildfire risk37.350.6
Flood risk90.095.7
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.