Alabama vs Georgia
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 7 of them and Georgia on 8, 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.
MeasureAlabamaGeorgia
Home price$241,517$335,358
Rent paid$1,008$1,397
Cost of living88.692.5
Income$66,659$79,991
Property tax0.37%0.79%
Income tax5.00%5.19%
Sales tax9.46%7.56%
Electric bill$185$161
Temperature64.2°F63.5°F
Snowfall2.0 in1.0 in
Precipitation52.3 in45.8 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.4
Bachelor's or higher29.9%36.3%
Crime rate360326
Commute26.0 min29.4 min
Unemployment3.2%3.4%
Population change+3.3%+5.5%
Wildfire risk62.553.4
Flood risk83.374.9
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.