Illinois vs Oregon
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 Oregon 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.
MeasureIllinoisOregon
Home price$298,871$504,432
Rent paid$1,292$1,497
Cost of living94.7111.8
Income$83,211$85,220
Property tax1.88%0.81%
Income tax4.95%9.90%
Sales tax8.98%0.00%
Electric bill$134$132
Temperature52°F51.9°F
Snowfall25.4 in9.0 in
Precipitation30.8 in50.9 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.84 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.818.4
Bachelor's or higher39.2%37.8%
Crime rate289331
Commute28.3 min23.2 min
Unemployment5.1%5.2%
Population change-0.8%+0.9%
Wildfire risk37.370.7
Flood risk90.087.9
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.