Illinois vs West 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 3 of them and West Virginia on 12, 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.
MeasureIllinoisWest Virginia
Home price$298,871$182,704
Rent paid$1,292$868
Cost of living94.788.3
Income$83,211$60,798
Property tax1.88%0.51%
Income tax4.95%4.82%
Sales tax8.98%6.60%
Electric bill$134$167
Temperature52°F53.9°F
Snowfall25.4 in22.9 in
Precipitation30.8 in44.0 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.813.7
Bachelor's or higher39.2%24.4%
Crime rate289249
Commute28.3 min26.5 min
Unemployment5.1%4.2%
Population change-0.8%-1.5%
Wildfire risk37.341.2
Flood risk90.079.2
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.