Alabama vs Missouri
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 Missouri 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.
MeasureAlabamaMissouri
Home price$241,517$271,597
Rent paid$1,008$1,030
Cost of living88.689
Income$66,659$71,589
Property tax0.37%0.89%
Income tax5.00%4.70%
Sales tax9.46%8.44%
Electric bill$185$145
Temperature64.2°F56.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in14.0 in
Precipitation52.3 in37.4 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.213.0
Bachelor's or higher29.9%33.5%
Crime rate360462
Commute26.0 min24.0 min
Unemployment3.2%3.7%
Population change+3.3%+1.9%
Wildfire risk62.554.0
Flood risk83.379.4
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.