Alabama vs Florida
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 9 of them and Florida on 6, 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.
MeasureAlabamaFlorida
Home price$241,517$378,126
Rent paid$1,008$1,644
Cost of living88.6102.2
Income$66,659$77,735
Property tax0.37%0.78%
Income tax5.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.46%6.98%
Electric bill$185$169
Temperature64.2°F74°F
Snowfall2.0 in0.2 in
Precipitation52.3 in43.3 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.218.5
Bachelor's or higher29.9%35.8%
Crime rate360267
Commute26.0 min28.9 min
Unemployment3.2%4.7%
Population change+3.3%+8.9%
Wildfire risk62.592.8
Flood risk83.393.1
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.