Alabama vs Colorado
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Alabama comes out ahead on 8 of them and Colorado on 7, 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.
MeasureAlabamaColorado
Home price$241,517$543,435
Rent paid$1,008$1,727
Cost of living88.6102.7
Income$66,659$97,113
Property tax0.37%0.50%
Income tax5.00%4.40%
Sales tax9.46%7.89%
Electric bill$185$109
Temperature64.2°F49.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in39.1 in
Precipitation52.3 in15.8 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.216.6
Bachelor's or higher29.9%47.8%
Crime rate360476
Commute26.0 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.2%3.9%
Population change+3.3%+4.1%
Wildfire risk62.586.9
Flood risk83.385.4
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.