Illinois vs South Carolina
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 7 of them and South Carolina on 7, 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.
MeasureIllinoisSouth Carolina
Home price$298,871$309,323
Rent paid$1,292$1,194
Cost of living94.794.7
Income$83,211$72,350
Property tax1.88%0.49%
Income tax4.95%6.00%
Sales tax8.98%7.49%
Electric bill$134$166
Temperature52°F63.4°F
Snowfall25.4 in1.5 in
Precipitation30.8 in42.9 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.60 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.814.3
Bachelor's or higher39.2%33.3%
Crime rate289437
Commute28.3 min26.3 min
Unemployment5.1%4.4%
Population change-0.8%+8.8%
Wildfire risk37.371.1
Flood risk90.082.7
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.