Illinois vs New Mexico
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 5 of them and New Mexico 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 Mexico
Home price$298,871$321,186
Rent paid$1,292$1,073
Cost of living94.793.7
Income$83,211$67,816
Property tax1.88%0.63%
Income tax4.95%5.90%
Sales tax8.98%7.68%
Electric bill$134$98
Temperature52°F56.8°F
Snowfall25.4 in8.9 in
Precipitation30.8 in11.3 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²5.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.8
Bachelor's or higher39.2%31.8%
Crime rate289717
Commute28.3 min24.0 min
Unemployment5.1%4.8%
Population change-0.8%+0.4%
Wildfire risk37.392.1
Flood risk90.088.2
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.