Illinois vs Rhode Island
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 Rhode Island 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.
MeasureIllinoisRhode Island
Home price$298,871$517,078
Rent paid$1,292$1,357
Cost of living94.7110.6
Income$83,211$83,504
Property tax1.88%1.12%
Income tax4.95%5.99%
Sales tax8.98%7.00%
Electric bill$134$166
Temperature52°F50.9°F
Snowfall25.4 in18.9 in
Precipitation30.8 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.0
Bachelor's or higher39.2%39.0%
Crime rate289154
Commute28.3 min26.3 min
Unemployment5.1%4.1%
Population change-0.8%+1.6%
Wildfire risk37.326.4
Flood risk90.085.5
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.