Alabama vs Delaware
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 11 of them and Delaware on 4, 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.
MeasureAlabamaDelaware
Home price$241,517$412,252
Rent paid$1,008$1,378
Cost of living88.6101.9
Income$66,659$87,534
Property tax0.37%0.54%
Income tax5.00%6.60%
Sales tax9.46%0.00%
Electric bill$185$167
Temperature64.2°F55.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in13.6 in
Precipitation52.3 in39.5 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.11 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.8
Bachelor's or higher29.9%36.0%
Crime rate360361
Commute26.0 min26.8 min
Unemployment3.2%4.9%
Population change+3.3%+7.1%
Wildfire risk62.567.4
Flood risk83.393.7
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.