Illinois vs Oklahoma
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 6 of them and Oklahoma 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.
MeasureIllinoisOklahoma
Home price$298,871$225,437
Rent paid$1,292$1,002
Cost of living94.786
Income$83,211$66,148
Property tax1.88%0.79%
Income tax4.95%4.50%
Sales tax8.98%9.06%
Electric bill$134$141
Temperature52°F61.9°F
Snowfall25.4 in4.4 in
Precipitation30.8 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.62 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.816.3
Bachelor's or higher39.2%29.3%
Crime rate289423
Commute28.3 min22.7 min
Unemployment5.1%4.2%
Population change-0.8%+4.1%
Wildfire risk37.386.9
Flood risk90.076.7
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.