Alabama vs Kansas
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 Kansas 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.
MeasureAlabamaKansas
Home price$241,517$252,794
Rent paid$1,008$1,051
Cost of living88.688.8
Income$66,659$75,514
Property tax0.37%1.21%
Income tax5.00%5.58%
Sales tax9.46%8.71%
Electric bill$185$131
Temperature64.2°F56.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in17.2 in
Precipitation52.3 in33.5 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.6
Bachelor's or higher29.9%36.0%
Crime rate360439
Commute26.0 min20.0 min
Unemployment3.2%3.8%
Population change+3.3%+1.3%
Wildfire risk62.570.0
Flood risk83.369.4
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.