Illinois vs Virginia
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 Virginia 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.
MeasureIllinoisVirginia
Home price$298,871$419,920
Rent paid$1,292$1,599
Cost of living94.7100.8
Income$83,211$92,090
Property tax1.88%0.78%
Income tax4.95%5.75%
Sales tax8.98%5.77%
Electric bill$134$173
Temperature52°F57.6°F
Snowfall25.4 in11.3 in
Precipitation30.8 in40.8 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.24 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.814.0
Bachelor's or higher39.2%43.3%
Crime rate289218
Commute28.3 min28.3 min
Unemployment5.1%3.7%
Population change-0.8%+2.9%
Wildfire risk37.333.1
Flood risk90.067.2
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.