Alabama vs Michigan
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 Michigan 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.
MeasureAlabamaMichigan
Home price$241,517$269,972
Rent paid$1,008$1,117
Cost of living88.690.1
Income$66,659$72,389
Property tax0.37%1.19%
Income tax5.00%4.25%
Sales tax9.46%6.00%
Electric bill$185$131
Temperature64.2°F48.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in47.5 in
Precipitation52.3 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.216.9
Bachelor's or higher29.9%33.3%
Crime rate360434
Commute26.0 min24.3 min
Unemployment3.2%5.0%
Population change+3.3%+0.5%
Wildfire risk62.539.8
Flood risk83.384.6
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.