Alabama vs Nevada
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 Nevada 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.
MeasureAlabamaNevada
Home price$241,517$448,215
Rent paid$1,008$1,580
Cost of living88.6100.2
Income$66,659$81,134
Property tax0.37%0.50%
Income tax5.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.46%8.24%
Electric bill$185$117
Temperature64.2°F62.8°F
Snowfall2.0 in1.7 in
Precipitation52.3 in8.6 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²5.55 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.220.0
Bachelor's or higher29.9%28.5%
Crime rate360402
Commute26.0 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.2%5.1%
Population change+3.3%+5.7%
Wildfire risk62.598.1
Flood risk83.393.9
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.