Alabama vs New Jersey
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 New Jersey 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.
MeasureAlabamaNew Jersey
Home price$241,517$584,681
Rent paid$1,008$1,719
Cost of living88.6115.1
Income$66,659$104,294
Property tax0.37%1.88%
Income tax5.00%10.75%
Sales tax9.46%6.60%
Electric bill$185$159
Temperature64.2°F54.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in17.4 in
Precipitation52.3 in38.7 in
Sunshine4.53 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.211.8
Bachelor's or higher29.9%44.5%
Crime rate360218
Commute26.0 min31.9 min
Unemployment3.2%4.5%
Population change+3.3%+2.8%
Wildfire risk62.550.6
Flood risk83.395.7
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.