Illinois vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming 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.
MeasureIllinoisWyoming
Home price$298,871$372,526
Rent paid$1,292$1,010
Cost of living94.793.7
Income$83,211$75,532
Property tax1.88%0.53%
Income tax4.95%0.00%
Sales tax8.98%5.39%
Electric bill$134$115
Temperature52°F45.1°F
Snowfall25.4 in44.9 in
Precipitation30.8 in15.9 in
Sunshine3.93 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.812.5
Bachelor's or higher39.2%32.3%
Crime rate289203
Commute28.3 min19.7 min
Unemployment5.1%3.2%
Population change-0.8%+2.1%
Wildfire risk37.386.6
Flood risk90.054.1
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.