Alabama vs Louisiana
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 8 of them and Louisiana on 7, 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.
MeasureAlabamaLouisiana
Home price$241,517$217,968
Rent paid$1,008$1,056
Cost of living88.692.3
Income$66,659$60,986
Property tax0.37%0.55%
Income tax5.00%3.00%
Sales tax9.46%10.13%
Electric bill$185$157
Temperature64.2°F69.3°F
Snowfall2.0 in0.8 in
Precipitation52.3 in54.0 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.9
Bachelor's or higher29.9%27.8%
Crime rate360520
Commute26.0 min26.2 min
Unemployment3.2%4.4%
Population change+3.3%-0.9%
Wildfire risk62.548.0
Flood risk83.380.1
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.