Illinois vs Tennessee
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 Tennessee on 8, 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.
MeasureIllinoisTennessee
Home price$298,871$338,769
Rent paid$1,292$1,171
Cost of living94.790.3
Income$83,211$71,997
Property tax1.88%0.52%
Income tax4.95%0.00%
Sales tax8.98%9.61%
Electric bill$134$163
Temperature52°F60.1°F
Snowfall25.4 in4.8 in
Precipitation30.8 in53.3 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher39.2%32.4%
Crime rate289592
Commute28.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.1%3.5%
Population change-0.8%+5.8%
Wildfire risk37.348.1
Flood risk90.076.4
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.