Illinois vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureIllinoisPennsylvania
Home price$298,871$294,099
Rent paid$1,292$1,224
Cost of living94.797.2
Income$83,211$77,545
Property tax1.88%1.26%
Income tax4.95%3.07%
Sales tax8.98%6.34%
Electric bill$134$173
Temperature52°F52°F
Snowfall25.4 in21.7 in
Precipitation30.8 in39.6 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.5
Bachelor's or higher39.2%36.4%
Crime rate289246
Commute28.3 min27.1 min
Unemployment5.1%4.1%
Population change-0.8%+0.4%
Wildfire risk37.338.7
Flood risk90.092.3
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.