Illinois vs New York
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 9 of them and New York 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 York
Home price$298,871$525,947
Rent paid$1,292$1,671
Cost of living94.7125.1
Income$83,211$85,820
Property tax1.88%1.30%
Income tax4.95%10.90%
Sales tax8.98%8.54%
Electric bill$134$164
Temperature52°F52.4°F
Snowfall25.4 in39.2 in
Precipitation30.8 in37.2 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.811.6
Bachelor's or higher39.2%41.2%
Crime rate289380
Commute28.3 min33.2 min
Unemployment5.1%4.6%
Population change-0.8%-1.0%
Wildfire risk37.334.8
Flood risk90.094.6
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.