Illinois vs Utah
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 5 of them and Utah on 10, 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.
MeasureIllinoisUtah
Home price$298,871$541,692
Rent paid$1,292$1,489
Cost of living94.7102.2
Income$83,211$96,658
Property tax1.88%0.48%
Income tax4.95%4.50%
Sales tax8.98%7.42%
Electric bill$134$102
Temperature52°F51.6°F
Snowfall25.4 in65.6 in
Precipitation30.8 in17.3 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.821.9
Bachelor's or higher39.2%39.1%
Crime rate289230
Commute28.3 min23.2 min
Unemployment5.1%3.6%
Population change-0.8%+8.2%
Wildfire risk37.395.3
Flood risk90.074.6
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.