Alabama vs Minnesota
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 7 of them and Minnesota on 8, 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.
MeasureAlabamaMinnesota
Home price$241,517$356,887
Rent paid$1,008$1,272
Cost of living88.694.6
Income$66,659$87,117
Property tax0.37%1.00%
Income tax5.00%9.85%
Sales tax9.46%8.14%
Electric bill$185$119
Temperature64.2°F45.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in30.7 in
Precipitation52.3 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.215.7
Bachelor's or higher29.9%40.0%
Crime rate360257
Commute26.0 min22.7 min
Unemployment3.2%4.4%
Population change+3.3%+2.2%
Wildfire risk62.557.4
Flood risk83.379.3
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.