Illinois vs North Dakota
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 3 of them and North Dakota on 12, 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 Dakota
Home price$298,871$293,556
Rent paid$1,292$931
Cost of living94.791.4
Income$83,211$77,871
Property tax1.88%0.92%
Income tax4.95%2.50%
Sales tax8.98%7.09%
Electric bill$134$133
Temperature52°F42.4°F
Snowfall25.4 in23.0 in
Precipitation30.8 in20.1 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.811.7
Bachelor's or higher39.2%34.0%
Crime rate289254
Commute28.3 min17.5 min
Unemployment5.1%2.3%
Population change-0.8%+2.6%
Wildfire risk37.365.1
Flood risk90.049.2
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.