Alabama vs Idaho
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 Idaho 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.
MeasureAlabamaIdaho
Home price$241,517$482,199
Rent paid$1,008$1,251
Cost of living88.699.9
Income$66,659$81,166
Property tax0.37%0.50%
Income tax5.00%5.30%
Sales tax9.46%6.03%
Electric bill$185$112
Temperature64.2°F50.2°F
Snowfall2.0 in17.8 in
Precipitation52.3 in17.4 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.218.4
Bachelor's or higher29.9%33.0%
Crime rate360231
Commute26.0 min22.2 min
Unemployment3.2%3.7%
Population change+3.3%+10.4%
Wildfire risk62.590.4
Flood risk83.369.5
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.