Alabama vs New Hampshire
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 New Hampshire 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.
MeasureAlabamaNew Hampshire
Home price$241,517$522,944
Rent paid$1,008$1,488
Cost of living88.6111.4
Income$66,659$99,782
Property tax0.37%1.50%
Income tax5.00%0.00%
Sales tax9.46%0.00%
Electric bill$185$168
Temperature64.2°F46.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in50.6 in
Precipitation52.3 in40.2 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.211.4
Bachelor's or higher29.9%41.5%
Crime rate360110
Commute26.0 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.2%2.9%
Population change+3.3%+2.7%
Wildfire risk62.545.2
Flood risk83.385.5
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.