Alabama vs Maine
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 Maine 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.
MeasureAlabamaMaine
Home price$241,517$424,107
Rent paid$1,008$1,169
Cost of living88.6113
Income$66,659$76,442
Property tax0.37%0.98%
Income tax5.00%7.15%
Sales tax9.46%5.50%
Electric bill$185$155
Temperature64.2°F44.8°F
Snowfall2.0 in66.8 in
Precipitation52.3 in39.1 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.72 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.211.5
Bachelor's or higher29.9%37.1%
Crime rate360100
Commute26.0 min25.6 min
Unemployment3.2%3.1%
Population change+3.3%+3.8%
Wildfire risk62.532.3
Flood risk83.367.1
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.