Alabama vs Kentucky
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 5 of them and Kentucky on 10, 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.
MeasureAlabamaKentucky
Home price$241,517$235,363
Rent paid$1,008$957
Cost of living88.692.5
Income$66,659$64,526
Property tax0.37%0.74%
Income tax5.00%3.50%
Sales tax9.46%6.00%
Electric bill$185$155
Temperature64.2°F56.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in13.4 in
Precipitation52.3 in57.0 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.215.6
Bachelor's or higher29.9%27.9%
Crime rate360213
Commute26.0 min24.5 min
Unemployment3.2%4.7%
Population change+3.3%+2.2%
Wildfire risk62.534.4
Flood risk83.370.4
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.