Alabama vs Maryland
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 10 of them and Maryland on 5, 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.
MeasureAlabamaMaryland
Home price$241,517$436,104
Rent paid$1,008$1,732
Cost of living88.6115.4
Income$66,659$102,905
Property tax0.37%0.92%
Income tax5.00%6.50%
Sales tax9.46%6.00%
Electric bill$185$209
Temperature64.2°F56.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in15.2 in
Precipitation52.3 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.13 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.6
Bachelor's or higher29.9%44.7%
Crime rate360420
Commute26.0 min32.3 min
Unemployment3.2%4.3%
Population change+3.3%+1.4%
Wildfire risk62.533.5
Flood risk83.381.7
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.