Alabama vs Montana
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 Montana 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.
MeasureAlabamaMontana
Home price$241,517$476,115
Rent paid$1,008$1,074
Cost of living88.695.5
Income$66,659$75,340
Property tax0.37%0.61%
Income tax5.00%5.65%
Sales tax9.46%0.00%
Electric bill$185$114
Temperature64.2°F44.2°F
Snowfall2.0 in54.5 in
Precipitation52.3 in23.9 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.96 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.214.2
Bachelor's or higher29.9%36.3%
Crime rate360424
Commute26.0 min19.5 min
Unemployment3.2%3.3%
Population change+3.3%+5.6%
Wildfire risk62.588.5
Flood risk83.361.0
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.