Illinois vs Texas
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 Texas 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.
MeasureIllinoisTexas
Home price$298,871$302,999
Rent paid$1,292$1,386
Cost of living94.792.1
Income$83,211$79,721
Property tax1.88%1.40%
Income tax4.95%0.00%
Sales tax8.98%8.20%
Electric bill$134$174
Temperature52°F69.7°F
Snowfall25.4 in1.0 in
Precipitation30.8 in33.1 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.815.1
Bachelor's or higher39.2%35.2%
Crime rate289389
Commute28.3 min27.5 min
Unemployment5.1%4.4%
Population change-0.8%+8.8%
Wildfire risk37.383.5
Flood risk90.089.2
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.