Alabama vs Indiana
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 6 of them and Indiana on 9, 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.
MeasureAlabamaIndiana
Home price$241,517$262,265
Rent paid$1,008$1,063
Cost of living88.691
Income$66,659$71,959
Property tax0.37%0.76%
Income tax5.00%2.95%
Sales tax9.46%7.00%
Electric bill$185$160
Temperature64.2°F52.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in26.8 in
Precipitation52.3 in38.0 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.215.5
Bachelor's or higher29.9%30.7%
Crime rate360313
Commute26.0 min24.6 min
Unemployment3.2%3.3%
Population change+3.3%+2.8%
Wildfire risk62.524.6
Flood risk83.375.8
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.