Illinois vs North Carolina
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 7 of them and North Carolina on 8, 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.
MeasureIllinoisNorth Carolina
Home price$298,871$340,430
Rent paid$1,292$1,215
Cost of living94.797.8
Income$83,211$73,958
Property tax1.88%0.66%
Income tax4.95%3.99%
Sales tax8.98%7.10%
Electric bill$134$151
Temperature52°F60.3°F
Snowfall25.4 in2.3 in
Precipitation30.8 in42.5 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.816.4
Bachelor's or higher39.2%37.1%
Crime rate289376
Commute28.3 min25.7 min
Unemployment5.1%3.6%
Population change-0.8%+7.2%
Wildfire risk37.353.8
Flood risk90.084.6
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.