Alabama vs Montana
Core move questions, side by side. Open the interactive comparison for every measure, grouped by category.
Compare every measure interactivelyAlabama comes out ahead on 5 of them and Montana on 2, 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
Typical home value$238,614$467,275
Home price-to-income3.6×6.2×
Household income$66,659$75,340
Property tax0.37%0.61%
Income tax5.00%5.65%
Sales tax9.46%0.00%
Temperature64.2°F44.2°F
Population5,157,6991,137,233
Cost of living88.695.5
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.