Alabama vs Massachusetts
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 Massachusetts 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.
MeasureAlabamaMassachusetts
Home price$241,517$672,867
Rent paid$1,008$1,788
Cost of living88.6141.2
Income$66,659$104,828
Property tax0.37%1.00%
Income tax5.00%9.00%
Sales tax9.46%6.25%
Electric bill$185$183
Temperature64.2°F50.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in29.5 in
Precipitation52.3 in42.1 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.82 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.212.0
Bachelor's or higher29.9%48.3%
Crime rate360315
Commute26.0 min30.6 min
Unemployment3.2%4.4%
Population change+3.3%+1.7%
Wildfire risk62.551.0
Flood risk83.394.7
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.